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PHOENIX (AP)�The Fiesta Bowl has asked 31 Arizona politicians who received free trips or game tickets to explain how they benefited the tax-exempt group, and it said it may ask them to repay the costs if the expenditures can�t be justified.
The bowl sent letters this week to the current and former elected officials with a breakdown of what they received. The total was more than $160,000. Linky
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But Lopez, a Democrat from Tucson, questioned why she should have to explain to the Fiesta Bowl why she went along.
�They asked me. They told me it was important for me to be there,� she said of the five trips she took between 2005 and 2009. �They told me they needed legislators there to promote the Fiesta Bowl at the other conferences, to encourage them to continue to participate in the Fiesta Bowl, and that was to the benefit of the Arizona economy. So that�s why I went. I never sought them out. They sought me.�
I don't disagree.
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I don't think it's to keep the officals honest. They're trying to protect their tax exempt status.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
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I'd rather the politicians be at the game. At least you can see them which makes it harder for them to steal.
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160 grand spread over 31 politicians is FIVE GRAND PER SCUMBAG.
Five thousand bucks? To watch football?
Yeah, I know the skyboxes cost zillions, and there's the "prestige" and the nobhobbery, but good Lord!
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