[17th Miss Regt]

"If so, what was the cost and why was a less expensive table not considered?"

Bad question. I guarantee that they considered a cheaper table, laughed and said it was only taxpayer money, and ordered the more expensive table.

[tbw2]

Or someone officially ordered a 10,000 table because that’s the most the report could say without secondary approval, bought a 5K table instead and pocked 5K.