Posted on 02/08/2008 5:57:13 PM PST by Melissa 24
By Karen Dandurant kdandurant@seacoastonline.com February 08, 2008 6:00 AM PORTSMOUTH — Rochester physician Terry Bennett said he rented a city building to people who worked for Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign — and skipped town without paying the bill.
Making matters worse, Bennett said, the 3,000-square-foot building at 236 Union St. was left trashed. Campaign signs were left lying all over the place, he said.
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Brothel boss records unsealed; details revealed "It's a very nice little building, with an 1,800-foot warehouse and the rest can be offices," Bennett said. "There's a full kitchen and bath. They used it as a campaign center and dormitory. I expected them to hand the Realtor a check as they left. They did not."
Bennett said he wanted to be fair. The tenants contacted him and said they wanted the building for five days before the New Hampshire primary, which was held Jan. 8.
Realtor Michael Whitney said arrangements for the rental were made by Emily Walsh, who, Whitney said, corresponded with him from a Clinton campaign e-mail address. A New Hampshire woman named Emily Walsh has a blog written on Clinton's campaign Web site. She is listed on the Web site as a resident of Manchester. An Emily Walsh from Manchester has also been named a 1st Congressional District delegate for the Democratic National Convention to be held in Denver, Colo.
Calls and e-mails from the Herald to Kathleen Strand, Clinton's New Hampshire spokeswoman, were not immediately returned. E-mails and attempts to reach Walsh by phone, as well as calls to a woman who picked up the keys from Whitney, were not returned.
The Herald also made a call to Clinton's national campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va. A woman reached in the press office said she would try to get someone who could respond, but there was no response.
Neither Bennett nor Whitney knew how many people actually stayed in the building. The rent charged was $100 a day, for a total of $500.
Whitney, with the firm of Keller Williams Coastal Realty, confirmed the building was not left in good condition.
"We had to pick up after them," he said.
Whitney said he has been trying to collect rent for four weeks.
"I sent about 20 e-mails," said Whitney. "I hear the Clinton campaign is out of money. Maybe the woman got laid off. I called, but they will not return any of my calls."
This week, national news reports said Hillary Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million of her personal fortune. Bennett said he finds it hard to believe she can't afford $500.
When the group did not give him a check for the amount up front, as per the agreement, Whitney said, he gave them the benefit of the doubt.
"But they packed up and left," he said.
"They left enough trash for a small army," said Bennett. "We filled two of those big black trash bags with what they left. There might still be a 4x8 Hillary sign there we pulled off the fence."
Bennett said he bought the building about five or six years ago.
It's the former location of Pro Portsmouth.
Nothing more be said.
Why does that not surprise!!!
Not to worry...somebody named Chang or Wong will come by with a paper sack full of money to pay the bill. It’s the Clinton way.
They did the same to the WH.
Probably lost all his silverware too.
Is this not how the Clintons left the White House just before Bush moved in?
OK, don’t return their security deposit.
This guy should be careful to not become TOO inconvenient.
People who become INCONVENIENT to clintons DIE.
He ought to feel lucky that he didn’t have to deal with the usual bodily fluid stains that seem to follow the ClintonClan around.
To Mr. Tennant - words from a New Yorker: you got played, big time and always cash-money, cash-money up front. I hear echos of: Jamie Foxx/Kanye West: Golddigger - playing in the background./Just Asking - seoul62.......
“OK, don’t return their security deposit.”
They didn’t, in Clinton, Iowa......
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961386/posts
“Clinton staff stiffed me on rent “
You lie down with dirty dogs, you get fleas. Where’s the suprise here?
Must’ve thought they were just screwing over another waitress.
You mean commit suicide in a park?
Sailor's window: 'I did a bad thing'
Brothel boss records unsealed; details revealed
Kinda makes you wonder what's going on in Portsmouth. (Ya go to the story, it's a widow, not a window. And she's in big, big trouble.)
Clinton doesn't pay, others say
Apparently the good doctor is not the only person she stiffed.
Yes...or take a nice plane trip!
Ping
If this guy votes democrat then he’s a complete idiot.
But who knows....maybe he’ll have a Peter Paul epiphany.
HilBilary stiffed PP for over a million $ though.
So whose signature is on the lease?
I’ll bet it’s not Hillary Clinton’s.
In fact, there probably isn’t any lease, and he doesn’t have any idea whether he was renting to an individual or a corporation.
Sounds more like as the Democrats they are, they acted like illegal immigrants and trashed the place and left without paying the rent.
Life to Clinton inc. is one big liquor store robbery, you never thank the cashier.
And I just heard about a half million dollar parking bill for the Klintoon campaign.
That boggles.
This woman has LOTS of plans for America!
The return of the grifters.
Like a bad cold, it seems you are never rid of them.
Nothing new. Back in ‘92 the Clintons tried to stiff a guy who was renting new fangled “cell phones” to the tune of $43,000. He had to get a lawyer and threaten to sue to before he got his money.
Exactly correct.
Except it’s one organized crime after another.
We should EXPECT ONGOING CRIMES by a Crime Organization!
Has anybody gotten this information to any of the almost MSM news outlets? The Spectator, Town Hall, WSJ Editorial page, Washington Times, Brit Hume at Fox, even Bill O’Reilly at Fox who loves to come down against “injustice”....someone should make the attempt to get this information to these outlets and others.
White trash is as white trash does.
“Why does that not surprise!!!”
Indeed, why would anyone do business with a politician other than on a “Cash in Advance, no goods or services provided until your check clears” basis? Political campaigners are notorious for stiffing bills, which is good preparation for their role in office: making Uncle Sam and his provincial (state) equivalents into the greatest deadbeats in the world. How else do you think the FedGov has run up a visible deficit north of $9 trillion, and an invisible deficit (present value of “off the books” promised future “entitlement” benefits) on the order of an additional $50 trillion.
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article327.html
Like a bad cold, it seems you are never rid of them..........
I was thinking more like herpes.
There is a reason that companies that print political signs, bumper stickers and buttons require the CASH for the whole job up front BEFORE they start the job. This is why!
The Clinton crowd would love to stiff America, if the battleaxe (Hillary) were to somehow get elected (Keep Passports updated : )
Interns, waitresses, now landlords. Seems everyone gets stiffed by the Clintons.
Canines are a higher level on the humanity list, than the klintoons. Klintoons are like blood sucking ticks that drain and infect their host, then move on.
Bill and Shill should both be serving time in a federal correctional facility for the crimes committed.
I am still waiting on bill or shill for a freudian slip of the slang (negro word) at obuma.
I have concluded it is better to support Mcain than be (Red or Dead) with the other two marxists/seperatists.
Respectfully,
NSNR
TYPICAL!!! The Clintons ALWAYS screw the little people.
This was reported by Brit Hume the Fox Report one day last week. I thought for sure Clinton Inc. would have coughed up the cash by now, like with the waitress she stiffed.
Thank you for that report. Good!!!
lol!
I worked in radio for 12+ years and our policy for political candidates was the same for sleazy night club owners:
CASH IN ADVANCE!
Clinton pays rent; money goes to Obama
Heh heh heh....
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