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That’s a lot of lobster
Posted By katie allison granju
An interesting point from the release of the draft audit of p-card spending by Mayor Ragsdale and his staff:
$34,000 was spent on local meals by Ragsdale and six top staffers between October 2002 and May 2007.
Feb 28th, 2008
Makes you wonder how long Ragsdale can justify staying in office.
“$34,000 was spent on local meals by Ragsdale and six top staffers between October 2002 and May 2007.”
Assuming they use these meals for legitimate business expenses, this means that 7 people spent appx. $1099.65 per year per person on meals. That’s $21.15 per week, per person. Somehow, I have great difficulty getting exorcised about that. The school district P-card issues we had here in Texas last year where teachers were buying their students iPods was far more egregious.
I guess the question is, should they be eating **local ** meals out as regularly as the documents seem to indicate? How often should a Knox County employee be charging lunch to the county at all?
Important questions to ask.