Hooters is (are?) just FULL of goodwill. Even to their protesters.
Posted on 06/15/2006 1:15:57 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- The Hooters restaurant chain is looking for FEMA's address.
Company Chairman Bob Brooks said Thursday that he wants to reimburse the agency for the $200 bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne that was purchased with a government credit card issued to Hurricane Katrina victims.
The champagne, purchased in San Antonio, was among numerous examples of improper spending of hurricane relief money cited earlier this week by Congress' Government Accountability Office. The bogus spending could be as high as $1.4 billion, the GAO said.
In an announcement in Atlanta, Brooks said: "It bothers me as an American that resources that were intended to help victims of this tremendous tragedy were spent this way.
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Smart move on Hooter's part. Good PR. Free advertising.
To celebrate the Hooter's good deed I think people need to post pictures of hooters girls.
National news coverage for $200, great move guys.
"Emergency" money was misspent?
Shock!
Hooter's sells Dom Perignon?
From Looter Guy to Hooter Guy.
This thread is worthless without pics.
They look like the hippie chicks here in Missoula MT.
That's ........noble......I guess!
Nice pub stunt..free pub is best pub
Hooters is (are?) just FULL of goodwill. Even to their protesters.
Keep me abreast of developments in this story...
Hooters Err.
One of THE greatest photos of all time.
Well, SOME women aren't, at least.
If they hadn't gone through the books, Hooter'd known?
Item called Gourmet wings. Two dozen or so wings with all the sauces and ching! the bottle.
Am I guessing wrong here that Hooter's thinks the Katrina victims should have opted for Ripple?
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