Time to ration those stamps
From the August 8th Daily News (Michael Saul and Maggie Haberman):
Virginia Fields' mayoral campaign fund-raising trip last month to her hometown of Birmingham, Ala., was supposed to generate $25,000. So far, the Manhattan borough president has come nowhere close to that.
She recently reported receiving $4,000 in donations, after spending $1,000 on the trip. "Checks are still coming in from Birmingham supporters," campaign manager Chung Seto said. "We received another $4,000 since the last [campaign finance] filing."
Also see "When the Well Runs Dry"
Comments
The only question no one seems to be asking is how could the trip only have cost $1,000? She flew down and back, presumely with some staff, she had to stay somewhere (and if with someone does this have to be an "in-kind" donation), and had at least some expense while there. One thousand dollars just does not sound right...
Posted by: Eric | November 12, 2005 06:14 PM