I'm an alderman in a city that is not Calgary. I can't believe that some of you (Calgary council members take enormous heat from members here) think it's okay to expense gold lessons and drycleaning. I golf as part of my council work, and I wear clothes that need to be cleaned. I would never dream of expensing those things. If I need golf lessons (and I do, badly), I'd consider that to be a personal expense. Even if it's allowed by council policy, I don't think elected officials should do that. It just looks bad. If anything, council members should be given a monthly allowance for drycleaning, maybe $20 or something like that. Then pay it yourself and don't expense it.
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