Warning businesses - Republican National Convention
From:
Charlie Swope
Date:
May 08 17:32 UTC
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Kelly,
You're not mixing these people up with the Clinton campaign are you? Hillary
has stiffed her fair share of small vendors, to the tune of more than $10
million so far.
This isn't just a Republican issue.
Charlie
--- On Thu, 5/8/08, Grace Kelly (nicknamed Kelly)
<saintcurmudgeon@earthlink.net> wrote:
> From: Grace Kelly (nicknamed Kelly) <saintcurmudgeon@earthlink.net>
> Subject: [SPIF] Warning businesses - Republican National Convention
> To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <stpaul-issues@forums.e-democracy.org>
> Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 12:09 PM
> 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.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3qvswg
>
> Grace Kelly nicknamed Kelly
> Curmudgeon in Merriam Park
>
>
> Grace (nicknamed Kelly) Kelly
> Merriam Park, St Paul
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