Puttin’ on the Ritz; Wendy Davis Used Campaign Funds to Pay for Luxury Apartments, Records Show

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | Tuesday, February 4, 2014 | Ellison barber

[kristinn]

Embattled Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has spent more than $131,000 in campaign funds to pay for luxury apartments in Austin, Texas, since her election to the Texas State Senate in 2008, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis.

While such use of campaign funds is legal in Texas, the amounts involved and properties rented may undermine Davis’s campaign persona of a working class single mom, observers tell the Free Beacon.

Davis, whose permanent address is in Fort Worth, lists government accountability as a primary issue on her campaign website, which says she opposes elected officials who “have turned state agencies and programs into their own personal piggy bank, granting favors to their friends, rewarding donors, and furthering their own interests.”

First elected to the Texas State Senate in 2008, Davis has expensed upwards of $2,000 in monthly rent each legislative session.

Davis lived at the Monarch during the 81st session, from January 13, 2009, to June 1, 2009.

The residence is described as a “luxury community,” with “five-star resort amenities.” The total amount of rent and utilities paid to the Monarch during the session was $13,882.07.

Additionally, a maid service fee appears on Davis’ 2009 semi-annual report. The company, “Maid at your service,” received $240 for “cleaning services.”

Davis continued expensing rent and utilities at the Monarch between August and December of 2009 and in February and May of 2010, though the legislature was

[Mamzelle]

Wendy has a new sugar daddy….

[no-to-illegals]

May we arrest her?

[henkster]

Wow. A liberal hypocrite. What a shock.

[proxy_user]

“..such use of campaign funds is legal in Texas.”

So, no. The rent seems rather cheap, anyway, to those living in expensive cities.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Well you didn’t think Nancy Pelosi lived at the Y, did you?

[PLD]

Typical democrat..everyone owes them and they will collect../sarcasm

[no-to-illegals]

oh well ... May we put her on a list?

[Gay State Conservative]

That's gotta be a violation of state and/or Federal law.Of course she has nothing to fear from Attorney Corporal Holder but assuming that the Texas AG is a Republican she might wanna get a lawyer.

[cicero2k]

She’s making Chris Christie look good.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

More sexism against Abortion Barbie. </sarcasm>

[Para-Ord.45]

[skinkinthegrass]

puttin' on the RITZ?

[Para-Ord.45]

Putin on a Ritz :-)

[Vaduz]

No such thing as a poor democrat hack they always exit with millions.

[liberalh8ter]

Davis, whose permanent address is in Fort Worth, lists government accountability as a primary issue on her campaign website, which says she opposes elected officials who “have turned state agencies and programs into their own personal piggy bank, granting favors to their friends, rewarding donors, and furthering their own interests.”

This hypocrisy only serves to strengthen her Democrat street cred.

[skinkinthegrass]

true..she it (Abortion Barbie) is a feminist Marxist.

[Organic Panic]

The woman is a whore in ever sense of the word.

[dfwgator]

They’re obviously sexist.

[dfwgator]

The woman is a whore in ever sense of the word.

In other words, the perfect politician.