With respect to point 5, why is he not meeting with developers during business hours at his own office? And if they need to meet outside of business hours, I agree, why would he pay the developers bill? Best practise would be that they each pay their own bills to avoid any impropriety or appearance of impropriety.
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Originally Posted by OldDutch
I am not against the amounts, but the attitude. It is pretty clear in the herald article that 2 junior councllors love to wine and dine much more than many of their peers. $1400 is not a lot by any means but when most of the others are running $800 then we start to see a problem.
Compound that with:
1. Dining with Rick Bell, his 4th grade, one sentence paragraphs aside, no jounalist should be dinning on taxpayers.
2. Joe bought a coffee maker cause he's too good for the provided coffee.
3. He bought a fancy lunch because the provided lunch at city hall was "gross"
4. He guilts everyone into saying "well I guess I have to buy my own lunches even when I am on business". No Joe, how about dining at a less fancy restaurant?
5. Again, dines with developers, and pays THEIR bill.
6. Had to be said again, seriously spending that coin at a garbage place. I would have been more comfortable with Chili's than that joint.
Again, it is not the amount but their platform and attitude. They attack Nenshi et al for waste, and take their portly butts for mid-tier over priced Italian fare on my dime. They have the nerve to say they are too good for standard food all through that article.
Funny side story bro, but I have seen Nenshi dining out twice now. Where? McDonald's. He didn't pay either time either some with him did. So although purely anecdotal, I do feel more comfortable with Nenshi spending my money than these "conservative" councilors.
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