Posted on 05/13/2017 4:43:39 PM PDT by HarleyLady27
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The committee that raised money for last summer's Democratic National Convention used surplus funds to hand out nearly $1 million in bonuses for staff members as well as grants for Philadelphia schools and nonprofits, rankling some state lawmakers who ponied up $10 million in tax dollars for the event.
The bonuses to the host committee staff came from a $4 million post-convention surplus and were disclosed in a Jan. 31 filing with the Federal Election Commission. They were first reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
All told, the committee raised $86 million in public and private money.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, the host committee's chairman, called the bonuses a reward for low pay and long hours. The 12 bonuses ranged from $500 up to $310,000 for the committee's executive director, Kevin Washo, whose committee salary was $13,000 a month for two years.
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Ping...
IMHO: They are ‘pay offs’ and nothing more...
Graft in the Democrat Party??
In the Cradle of Liberty??
Say it ain’t so!!!
So nobody’s tawkin’ ‘bout how we shortchanged Bernie, right?
After living in PA for 17 years, and traveling all over the East Coast I can honestly say that Philadelphia is as much of a ‘sewer’ as Washington D.C. is...
For all that it got them..hahahahaha. I hope their dumbasses donors remember that...on second thought, keep throwing it away..
How does one get on this gravy train?
And all those unpaid black volunteers who so tirelessly pounded the back alleys of Chicago, Baltimore, LA, Houston, etc. risking their lives for votes for Benghazi Clinton .... big bonuses ... no, but 20% off Chick-fil-a sandwich coupons.
Who got the $500? What an embarrassment.
Bernie??? ROFL...
When will the ignorant fools learn that it is Democrat not Democratic party.
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