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underpants

(182,759 posts)
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 10:26 AM Dec 2018

YOU! Yes You are paying for the Mar-a-lago NYE party. $54k for tents and $41K generators and lights.

Taxpayers Dish Out $54,000 For Mar-a-Lago Party Tents For New Year's Eve

Grimes Events & Party Tents Inc. of Delray Beach, Florida, was paid $54,020 on Dec. 19 by the Secret Service for “Tent Rental for MAL,” according to spending records revealed by Quartz. The Secret Service often uses tents for security checks and safe spots for VIPs.


The Secret Service also paid $41,000 on Dec. 19 to BSE Performance for “Generators and light towers rental for MAL.” But it wasn’t clear if this expenditure was just for the party.

Last year, the Secret Service spent over $26,000 to rent lights, generators, tables and tents for the New Year’s party at Mar-a-Lago, according to Newsweek.

Non-members of the resort are paying $1,000 to attend this year’s party at Mar-a-Lago, and members are paying $650. The fee to join the club jumped from $100,000 to $200,000 after Trump became president.

Quartz reported last month that the Secret Service has spent a total of about $400,000 for golf cart rentals to guard the president as he golfs.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-mar-a-lago-party-tents-government-shutdown_us_5c26e042e4b0407e9082b572

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YOU! Yes You are paying for the Mar-a-lago NYE party. $54k for tents and $41K generators and lights. (Original Post) underpants Dec 2018 OP
this is just silly. That amount of money is negligible. This is the kinda stuff they went mucifer Dec 2018 #1
Read in the PB Daily News that many have backed out and going to other parties since he won't be monmouth4 Dec 2018 #2
Who will be leading office of the budget meetings? ffr Dec 2018 #3

mucifer

(23,525 posts)
1. this is just silly. That amount of money is negligible. This is the kinda stuff they went
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 10:39 AM
Dec 2018

after President Obama about.

There is so much evil in the administration. This isn't it.

The inauguration scam is a WHOLE different story.

ffr

(22,668 posts)
3. Who will be leading office of the budget meetings?
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 05:32 PM
Dec 2018

Keep record of every detail of these abuses, so we the people can be reimbursed.

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