Posted on 09/09/2011 1:02:04 PM PDT by SmithL
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District's self-indulgent plan to pay former President Bill Clinton $150,000 for speaking at its invitation-only "summit" Oct. 21 is a grotesque waste of public and private money that is saturated with ethical conflicts.
Making it worse, the air district is counting on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and its public money to help underwrite this misguided event.
Bay Area elected officials on both boards should be embarrassed by the gaudy expenditures and should be called on to explain.
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Huhh?
They should declare a ‘Spare The Ice’ Day or sumthin’ instead..
150 K huh?
Should have invited climate expert Algore instead.
Hillary's running.
They could have got Colin Powell for half that amount and Sarah Palin for double that amount.
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