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The DNC still owes the city of Chicago $1.74 for the Obama vitory rally held in Grant Park.
Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil
suntimes.com - 39 weeks ago - 320 views
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Thanks for posting this, Roxana. This is THE Sun-Times "big story of the day."
Conservative sites running with it, of course:
"Evil Conservative" has a truly heinous photoshop of the Obamas as deadbeat hoodlums protected by a gang of "Seekret Serviz" operatives in response to the piece:
http://www.evilconservativeonline.com/2009/02/obama-delinquent-on-17-mil...
Newsbusters commends the Sun-Times for touching a story no one else in the media will:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/michael-m-bates/2009/02/20/chicago-sun-time...
The breakdown of the bill (from the linked article):
* Grant Park Police: $1 million
* Emergency Management and Communications Office: $121,578
* Fire Department: $85,965
* Streets and Sanitation: $71,694
* Transportation: $49,659
* Cultural Affairs: $2,567
* Environment: $2,309
* CTA: $201,500
* Chicago Park District: $202,440
o Giant video boards $68,900
o Electrical $37,185
o Sound $37,500
o Stagehands $29,850
o Portable toilets $12,500
o Security $7,505
o Stage rental $6,000
o Bike racks, barricades $2,000
o Heavy equipment $1,000
Total bill: $1,737,712
ABC7 also has a short piece about the story, but they don't give credit to the Sun-Times for breaking the story and don't have any new info so I won't link it here.
Do you think this bill will ever be resolved? Or will it just be covered in the stimulus package?
The only reason I think this might be resolved is that $1.7 mil is chump-change for the DNC. However, I wouldn't put it past the city's politicians to somehow "forget" the debt in light of the stimulus package, and in light of the fact that they shamelessly mishandle the tax-payers' money (and I'm being diplomatic when I say "mishandle").
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