[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Tourism Minister Cusanelli who "accidentally" used a government credit card (31 times from May to Nov) for personal expenses to tune of $10,600.00.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...531/story.html

The biggest repaid expense was $4,078 for two first-class airline tickets to London during the Olympics, where Cusanelli served as part of a provincial mission to promote Alberta. The tickets were for her mother and her daughter, who was celebrating a birthday at the time.

Fisher said the tickets were all booked on the same government credit card by the former chief of staff, who saw a deal on airfare and didn’t want to miss it. While Cusanelli always intended to pay back those extra two fares, Fisher acknowledged it was not common government practice.

The documents show Cusanelli wrote a $4,078 cheque to the province on Aug. 22, about 10 days after she returned from the trip.

Stupid, yes. Corrupt, no. She wrote a cheque for the flights without any fanfare or calls from anyone - but now 5 months after Smith is floating out accusations of corruption. It appears as thought this is a case of throw as much s*** against a wall as possible and hopes some of it sticks or at the very least leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of Albertans.