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BigBadBrian
05-04-2005, 02:35 PM
Kerry's expenses: That's the tickets
By Andrew Miga
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - Updated: 08:36 AM EST

WASHINGTON - Sen. John F. Kerry tapped campaign funds for Red Sox tickets and to pay nearly $300 in overdue Boston parking tickets in March, records show.

Kerry's Senate campaign committee wrote a $287 check to the City of Boston Parking Clerk on March 31, 2005. The Bay State senator listed ``travel expense'' as the purpose for the expenditure.

Kerry leased a car for campaign-related travel in Massachusetts that was cited for about a half-dozen parking tickets in Boston.



Most of the tickets were issued in October and November 2003 and not paid until more than 15 months later in March 2005 after accruing penalty fees.

``They were leftover tickets we only found out about when we closed out the lease,'' Kerry spokeswoman Jenny Backus said. ``The car was used for the Senate campaign by staffers and volunteers.''

Kerry, meanwhile, used presidential campaign funds for a $3,150 tab for Boston Red Sox tickets in July when he threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park before the Democratic National Convention.

A Federal Election Commission spokesman said congressmen are entitled to pay for parking tickets and other expenses from their campaign funds as long as they were ``campaign-related.''

Other members of the Bay State congressional delegation also reported some novel spending this year.

U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) spent $1,231 on makeup services during a two-week stretch in March, according to his most recent FEC report.

``Congresssman Lynch had a pretty intensive round of TV interviews due to the baseball steroid hearings, the Big Dig hearings and his Iraq trip,'' Lynch spokesman Matt Ferraguto said.

Link (http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=81533)

Seshmeister
05-04-2005, 03:18 PM
$300 ?

Big story.

Nickdfresh
05-04-2005, 03:32 PM
Wow! You'd think he'd of hired a family member for $200,000 a year or something!

DrMaddVibe
05-04-2005, 04:22 PM
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Warham
05-04-2005, 05:19 PM
The moral of the story is: The Democrats are out on a witchhunt on Delay, and they WILL get bitchslapped back when every Democratic congressman's expenses gets an investigation.

This will backfire on Democrats like most other things they try.

Nickdfresh
05-04-2005, 05:47 PM
Originally posted by Warham
The moral of the story is: The Democrats are out on a witchhunt on Delay, and they WILL get bitchslapped back when every Democratic congressman's expenses gets an investigation.

This will backfire on Democrats like most other things they try.

Most Democrats AND Republicans have fudged on their travel expenses, but DeLay is a totally corrupt scumbag hands down!

DrMaddVibe
05-04-2005, 06:00 PM
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Most Democrats AND Republicans have fudged on their travel expenses, but DeLay is a totally corrupt scumbag hands down!

And you know this how?

From what you've read on CNN? From what you heard on NPR? From what you watched on CBS?

You don't have any firsthand knowledge.

Seshmeister
05-04-2005, 06:24 PM
While each side fights for their own the politicians walk through the smokescreen lining their pockets.