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.
If Obama is the king, who’s the piss boy? Barney Frank?
I think a good Republican slogan for the 2010 election is “Let’s trade in these old clunkers!”
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sends me nuts seeing these.
a cousin who cannot even get clothes which fit him, what a tramp and we paid for this to go on vacation
the mother in law who lapping it up
seen the face of his wife, my word and the left tries to tell us she is sexy and stylish.
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I am sure WE the Taxpayers did pay for all of this.
It is ironic that Obama spends our money to campaign for something he wants to jam down our throats, that will cost us More money!
As to the vacationing Obama entourage...I just bet they could care less why this trip is taking place. To them it is just another opportunity to vacation on taxpayers' dollars.
And Michelle is about as do-nothing as a first woman in the WH as she can be. Why does she deserve any vacation? There has been not a word of any project of consequence that she has initiated. Both Obamas are lazy slouches and both feel they have ascended the throne and are entitled to enjoy all they want at taxpayers' expense while living in luxury and languishing in leisure activities.
Next week, at Martha's Vineyard we will pay again for their extravagant desires and entourage of servants, relatives, and friends who vacation with them. Bush went to his own ranch, what did that cost the public...air fair only?
George and Weezie always conducted themselves with a lot more class and decorum.
What they’re not showing us are all the nieces and nephews and various relatives who accompany them on these junkets. The top two floors of the Big Sky resort were reserved for relatives and aides. There were four-hundred rooms reserved. That means more than 400 in the entourage.
According to Obama corporations shouldn’t be flying their jets and going to resorts. Obama and his cronies can do it though.
Bernakee is in Jackson Hole today in a luxury resort for a conference...
It was clearly stated in a news report that when 0bama went to Russia he upgraded his hotel- big time in comparison to the Bushes and Clinton’s visits.
she has so much style, so much elegance, so much grace and class
YEA RIGHT I’ve seen more in a
nail head
I have asked many times what on earth does this first lady do
Hillary did about womens rights advances etc
Laura was education and reading
MO
nothing but go on vacation around the world and this country on our dime and the media say nothing
has bozo’s wife ever actually worked?
the state of her
she is a total embarrasment and yet the left say racist if you ask what she does?
Why does she go on these vacations?
why does she not pay for things herself?
Why is this amount of freeloading family going on these trips?
was it them on the flight over NY city?
Yes I bet it was, being served champagne etc
Why can’;t some of their family actually wear clothes which fit them instead of looking as they do?
Every time a question is asked all they the left do is cry racist i.e. MSNBC
well lefty trolls, your sheep like cult like name calling is over, most people see you loons for what you are
What charity is michelle obama doing?
Why is this family taking all these family members on vacation with our money?
why can’t they wear clothes what fit them i.e. the cousin
the white house is not the street, one has to have some kind of decorum and class you know.
I wish just one reporter would ask what on earth does she do besides the usual crap of well she is a mother.
“It’s good to be the king!”
Amen brother! The taxpayers are paying the bill, let’s party!!
Yeah... right.
His ‘vacation’ room is goign to cost somethign like $51,000 PER WEEK in hte vinyard (Apparently obama needs a vacation- it must be exhausting spending America’s hard earned money as though he were a drunke3n sailor)
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