Post in Warning businesses - Republican National Convention

May 08 17:08 UTC

Basically, any business takes a risk in dealing with political entities. This
year, the Republican political party entities have been particularly short on
fundraising and had a number of financial scandals(I am not digressing in
details to stay on St Paul focus). So I ask you all to let our local businesses
know about this. Ask for payment before services are given or goods are
delivered. Or at least, let the businesses take a knowledgeable risk. I would
hate to see a real great small catering company get hurt because of not knowing
about this. Here is a sample of what I mean. I quote:

It is not the accounting issues, it is the hypocrisy
Submitted by Stephen (not verified) on May 8, 2008 - 11:42am.

True, it is not the accounting issues, it is the consistent hypocrisy.

I worked for a company that provided conference space, catering and
entertainment for a republican sponsored event several years ago. The total
bill was over $50,000. The republican party of Minnesota paid about $20,000,
then said the person who organized the event was not authorized to spend that
much so they were not going to pay the rest. Ron Eibensteiner wrote a personal
check for $9,000, and our company wrote the rest off. It was sickening a couple
weeks later when I saw Eibensteiner on Almanac talking about how the republican
party was the only party who could control spending, they couldn't even control
themselves.

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