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Gov Blanco (LA) gets snubbed in dinner auction
Funny we have to hear about this from The Guardian, eh? I googled "Governor Blanco auction" and this was the article I got. A local news agency's opinion website had a citizen tut-tutting the business class's snub of the Gov, and even said that Mr. Maddox (after paying $1 for dinner with the Gov at the mansion) gave the tickets to the Univ. of LA-Monroe "to do with how they saw fit." Quite the snub, methinks, right, Nigel?NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A chance to dine with embattled Gov. Kathleen Blanco fetched a winning bid of $1 at a recent fundraising auction hosted by a group of business leaders. Shows ya what LA's business class thinks of the Gov. There may be some sanity left in the most corrupt State in the Union. The president of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, in northeastern Louisiana, said she called Blanco's office Tuesday to apologize for a "poor joke gone awry." Unlike Kerry's "stupid troops" joke, I actually get this one, and find it quite humorous! "It's something we deeply regret," chamber president Sue Edmunds said Wednesday. "Our organization has worked very well with the governor. We have been pleased with her efforts on behalf of this community." Dinner with Blanco was the last item up for bid at the fundraising auction last week. Edmunds said the bidding opened at $1,000 and dropped to $500 before the auctioneer accepted a $1 bid from bank executive Malcolm Maddox, a regional chairman for Capital One. Others were trying to bid on the dinner when the bidding abruptly closed, according to Edmunds. Sure! I can't fathom that a local Chamber of Commerce would refuse a higher bid. "We were all stunned," she added. "It was at the end of the auction, so there was no way to go back and amend that." An apologetic Maddox came forward Monday to donate $1,000 to the chamber, Edmunds said. He won't be dining at the governor's mansion, however: A chamber official will go in Maddox's place. more at link Posted by: BA 2006-12-14 |
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