Posted on 12/18/2014 9:13:37 AM PST by Morgana
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —City Council member Angelique Ashby is among the most fiscally conservative of her colleagues, when it comes to spending her discretionary funds. Compared to other City Council members, last year Ashby spent the least -- about $35,000 on community service programs and local events.
But that included giving tax dollars to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte.
When we asked Ashby about that expenditure, it led to the end of our interview.
"I donated to a scholarship. The money that I gave only could go to a scholarship fund for young single moms already selected to go to college," Ashby said. "At one point in my life, sir, that was me. So I hope that in doing so, that some of those young women grow up, love their city enough to come back, run for City Council and be the next Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Sacramento.
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