Foley had a "private dinner" with this page, now elected official

Sydnie

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Foley had a "private dinner" with this page, now elected official

From a C-SPAN transcript, posted at Americablog here - http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/10/gop-rep-john-shimkus-r-il-let-foley.html

FOLEY: John was the highest bidder on lunch with Mark Foley. Maybe you all do not know this story, but John had paid considerable sums to dine with me. I had offered to take the winning bidder to lunch in the Members' dining room. Then I heard how much John Eunice paid. And I said, ``John, there is no way in the world after you committed so much money to have lunch with me that I would dare take you downstairs to eat in the Members' dining room.'' I said, ``Where do you want to go?'' He says, without reservation, ``Morton's.'' I said, ``Morton's? Like in Morton's Steakhouse?'' He said, ``Oh, would that be too much?'' I said, ``Oh, no, we'll go.'' I said, ``Call your mother, get permission, make sure she notifies the Clerk and we will go to Morton's.'' And so we proceeded to cruise down in my BMW to Morton's.

Well, John Eunice is now an elected official himself.

City Councilman John Eunice, At Large

Mr. Eunice is the youngest member of the Valdosta City Council and also the youngest in Valdosta's history. Mr. Eunice was elected to the City Council at the age of 18. He is originally from Gainesville, Florida, but has lived all over the world due to his father's military service. Mr. Eunice is a student at Valdosta State University where he is currently majoring in Business Management. He is a graduate of Valdosta High School. Prior to his election to the City Council, Mr. Eunice worked in Washington, D.C. for a year through the office of then Congressman Saxby Chambliss. He has also served the Governor's Office of Highway Safety as a member of their Advisory Committee. Mr. Eunice has also worked for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce, Smith-Barney Investments, and Moody Air Force Base as a civilian contractor. His current term will end in 2007.

http://www.valdostacity.com/CityCouncil/index.cfm?Fuseaction=MeetTheCouncil

Bolding is mine. I posted this here because he IS a public figure in his own right, over 18, and his name was clearly stated in the C-SPAN transcript.

It now begs the question, just what did Chambliss know and when did HE know it?

BTW, don't forget that Chambliss said that the south could have won the civil war if they had had better intelligence. He said, "We need better intelligence. If we had better intelligence in the Civil War we�d be quoting Jefferson Davis, not Lincoln." and also said "If Gen. JEB Stuart had had better intelligence, we�d all be meeting in Richmond right now."

GOP Senator says with better intelligence South would have won US Civil War.

RAW STORY
Published: Monday September 18, 2006

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/GOP_Senator_says_with_better_intelligence_0918.html