What Happens in Vegas…
2013-05-22 - by
A good Democratic Party chairman would be blasting the McCrory administration’s budding ethics scandals. But that’s hard to do when you’re in Vegas putting $3,327 on the party’s American Express Business Gold Card.
Michael Biesecker with AP reported that Randy Voller “said he believes a portion of the Vegas charges, including a $557 dinner at a restaurant within the casino, were justified because he asked friends from across the country to give to the party and was therefore networking with potential political donors.”
Of course. Las Vegas is the perfect place for “networking with potential political donors.”
Or maybe you could just put all the party’s money on red and hope for the best. Or buy Powerball tickets. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Here is Voller’s record so far: He didn’t pay his taxes. He was widely quoted – and rightly excoriated – for saying Republicans are “raping” the state. He apparently has dumped interim ED Tammi Brunner, whom I know, have worked with and respect. He named himself interim ED. He hired a $7,000-a-month national fundraising consultant, which is fine so long as you raise one hell of a lot of money. He and the consultant went to Vegas together for an annual March Madness trip he makes with his college buddies, who he suggests will “throw a fundraiser in their hometowns of San Francisco, Chicago, New York and so forth.”
And, by the way, he promises to investigate $800,000 in prior party expenses. Just the man to do it, obviously.
One Democratic TAPster noted the irony: people of conscience submitting to arrest at the legislature, while Voller and his friends party in Vegas.
And you ask if the Democratic Party can come back?
What Happens in Vegas…
2013-05-22/
A good Democratic Party chairman would be blasting the McCrory administration’s budding ethics scandals. But that’s hard to do when you’re in Vegas putting $3,327 on the party’s American Express Business Gold Card.
Michael Biesecker with AP reported that Randy Voller “said he believes a portion of the Vegas charges, including a $557 dinner at a restaurant within the casino, were justified because he asked friends from across the country to give to the party and was therefore networking with potential political donors.”
Of course. Las Vegas is the perfect place for “networking with potential political donors.”
Or maybe you could just put all the party’s money on red and hope for the best. Or buy Powerball tickets. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Here is Voller’s record so far: He didn’t pay his taxes. He was widely quoted – and rightly excoriated – for saying Republicans are “raping” the state. He apparently has dumped interim ED Tammi Brunner, whom I know, have worked with and respect. He named himself interim ED. He hired a $7,000-a-month national fundraising consultant, which is fine so long as you raise one hell of a lot of money. He and the consultant went to Vegas together for an annual March Madness trip he makes with his college buddies, who he suggests will “throw a fundraiser in their hometowns of San Francisco, Chicago, New York and so forth.”
And, by the way, he promises to investigate $800,000 in prior party expenses. Just the man to do it, obviously.
One Democratic TAPster noted the irony: people of conscience submitting to arrest at the legislature, while Voller and his friends party in Vegas.
And you ask if the Democratic Party can come back?