Posted on 12/14/2006 2:22:29 PM PST by macmedic892
A personal dinner with Gov. Kathleen Blanco could be within anyone’s grasp after a meal at the Governor’s Mansion sold for $1 in Monroe.
In what amounts to a “bad joke gone awry,” the Monroe Chamber of Commerce’s annual holiday fundraiser featured a live auction with the last item up for bid being a dinner with the governor.
The meal sold to the first bidder, Monroe banker Malcolm Maddox, said Sue Edmunds, chamber president.
Edmunds said it is a big embarrassment after Blanco generously offered the donation. “We are deeply apologetic,” Edmunds said. “This is not a reflection of our chamber or our membership.”
Maddox has since written an apology and changed the donation to $1,000.
$1? Whadda rip-off! A bunch of my friends and I had lunch at the Governor's Mansion with Mike Foster and it was free.
Huh, you'd have to pay me to eat with that hag.
Governor Blanco...
Louisiana's most famous cheap date.
Hope the "lucky" guy rents a video and brings a six pack of Schlitz along.
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