President Obama with Barb Starz, Dax Schieffer and Brian Stumpf of Big Sky Resort. Photo courtesy of Big Sky Resort
Posted on 08/20/2009 11:53:52 AM PDT by kristinn
The White House booked 400 (FOUR HUNDRED) hotel rooms at the Big Sky Resort for Barack Obama's overnight visit last week for a town hall meeting in nearby Bozeman, Montana. Two floors were completely taken over, including the penthouse suites.
While the national news media is ignoring the story, local media let the news slip in their gushing stories of how thrilling it was to have Obama in their midst.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported on Tuesday on Obama's visit, quoting Big Sky Resort spokesman Dax Schieffer:
The First Family stayed in one of the eight penthouses on the tenth floor of Big Sky Resort’s Summit Hotel on Friday night, said resort spokesman Dax Schieffer. The entire tenth and ninth floor were reserved for the Obamas and family as well as White House and Secret Service staff.
“All in all we had about 400 people as part of the group,” Schieffer said.
NewWest.net spoke with Big Sky Resort general manager Taylor Middleton for an article published Sunday:
“We ultimately had 400 rooms reserved,” said Middleton, noting that there were various entities within the Presidential entourage - security, press, admin staff, culinary staff - and their arrangements were “somewhat coordinated and somewhat uncoordinated.”
President Obama with Barb Starz, Dax Schieffer and Brian Stumpf of Big Sky Resort. Photo courtesy of Big Sky Resort
From Montana, Obama and his entourage went on to Boulder, Colorado on Saturday for another town hall and then flew to Phoenix, Arizona Saturday night for a speech to the VFW convention on Monday. Obama and entourage stayed at The Phoenician which describes itself as "Your Premier Luxury Destination". There are no apparent media reports on how many rooms the White House took at the Phoenician, but it would seem that 400 rooms would be consistent with the trip.
Obama and his family took time for various sightseeing and recreational activities on their Western tour.
Obama is scheduled to vacation next week at the 28.5 acre Blue Heron Farm in Martha's Vineyard.
The Vineyard Gazette reports weekly rentals for comparable properties run from $35,000 to $50,000.
There is no word yet on how many rooms will be rented by the White House for staff staying on Martha's Vineyard with Obama.
Meanwhile, ostammer and congress are hassling health insurance companies for records of meeting events and salaries.
We thought it odd that the school bus just said “First Student”, didn't have a bus number or any school name - they were not from around here.
About a week later, I saw on the news, SEIU skank unloading off of First Student school buses at a town hall meeting - I think it was in Montana.
This is a cheap way to move a gang of thugs from town hall to town hall and how they seem to be getting them to the meetings.
They prolly stuffed 10 or more ACORN fools per room, under cover of darkness. (no pun)
The Washington Hillbillies.
I only included that list from Forbes mag because the article is in the current issue. It’s just another reference.
Didn’t mean to imply that Schwab and Siebel are libs.
Yeah, and she has 22 servants to boot, as of last count. Scam Fraud.
Obama: Payback’s a bitch, “typical whitey taxpayer.”
lady butt
she most certainly has the biggest arse of any first lady that’s for sure
This miserable SOB is on a tax-payer funded tour of the world
him and his freeloading family
the press never report any of this, nor do they report how lazy his freeloading wife is.
Then they wonder why they are hated just as much as congress or Pelosi
Asking grown people who don’t know each other well to double up is not the norm in the business world. When I was a consultant we used to raze the newbies by telling them they were going to have to double up usually with somebody offensive.
That said, the only time I DID have to double up was when I was in Atlanta for a night and some convention had booked every hotel room in town. We were just grateful not to have to sleep sitting up at the airport. So, I’m guessing there were plenty of people NOT associated with the protus that were having to double and triple up.
he tells us we have to live with in our means but he’s out spending our money for his freeloaders
has anyone found out if he has found a church in between all this busy vacationing
the mother in law etc must be so happy and I still say that it was her , and the rest of the freeloaders on the plane which flew over NY city.
still waiting for the media to report the manifest on that one
come on media journalism is about reporting facts and investigating
it is not making lies up like the racism angle at the gun carrying guy in AZ
The Obamas may make the Clintons look like penny pinchers before they're done.
That’s the way you squeeze cost out of a government operation! Oh, wait ...
I was chilled when he was talking to the faith based groups and said something like “a wealthy country, which we are, CURRENTLY”. Why would he add that currently?
I read a stroy couple weeks back, out of D.C., that Zero hadn't been to church in the previous 12 or 13 weeks! What a devoted "Christian" that leader of the Free World is, huh? And he's been a no-show @ Nat'l Prayer Breakfasts on Sundays. He's not fooling anybody.
Hmmmm, I’d like to see that vid. Very strange choice of words. Seems to me he was telecasting something here. Like, “yeah, you’re still wealthy now, but just *wait* till I get done with you fools!”
Yes, I know it’s a ‘rat thing—I can’t help poking fun at Obama’s “gangsta” tendencies though. It’s an amusing contrast to his supposed “sophistication”.
LOL!
I’m wondering if there’s an equivalent of the lebanese “Green Jacket Guy” managing all of this. I bet there is.
surprised the media hasn’t reported on this
NOT
20 Years in a racist anti white anti American church
no problem
going to a church which talks about God
not chance
and the media stay silent, and you can bet in 4 years he’ll be talking about God again .
sad part is that some sheep will still believe it
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