Reminds me of what the Toronto Star did back in about 1997, concerning renovations done to the Official Opposition leader’s official residence (known as Stornoway). The Star alleged that newly elected Official Opposition leader Preston Manning (of the Reform Party) ordered some very costly renovations to be done to the house at about the time he moved in. However, the government organization (the National Capital Commission, or NCC) overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of Stornoway and other official residences said that they would have had to do the work anyway even if no one were to have moved in and that work had become that more imperative to be done because the house had not been occupied since 1993 (as the Bloc Quebecois leaders had lived in their own private residences across the Ottawa River in Hull/Gatineau).
I recall the Reform Party even had a letter from the NCC posted on their website that completely refuted the Star’s fake story.
Bredesen is being accused of spending outlandishly on the Tennessee Governor’s Mansion. To some extent it is true, but Marsha Blackburn is making abig mistake by allowing the half-truths to spew forth. Easy refutation by Bredesen.