I think I would have called some local small-time photographer and gotten a better deal on the cost.
This is why I’m in favor of handing a governor a very clear and limited budget that he can draw money out of....and actually publish the purchases once a year to show transparency. If the guy needs to travel to a conference in Vegas...fine...but he needs to draw from his little budget and report it to the public later.
I think if you sit down and figure up the travel budget for half the governors in America...they are easily spending $200k a year or more.
Therein is the problem. How much have the taxpayers, that would be us, forked over to Obama to travel while neglecting his job?