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  • No more $13 teas, $70 lunches for legal aid outfit

    12/19/2006 8:11:39 PM PST · by indcons · 55 replies · 1,165+ views
    CNN/AP ^ | December 19, 2006 | AP/CNN
    The $13 per person "high tea" service and $12 bagel breaks will be gone from the January directors meeting of the government's legal aid program for the poor. And the meeting will be held at the headquarters conference room rather than the upscale hotel used in the past. After severe criticism from Congress, stinging reports from a financial watchdog and several articles by The Associated Press, the Legal Services Corp. has decided to temper the expensive tastes of its top officials while poor clients are turned away for lack of program funds. Internal memos, provided to the AP voluntarily by...