Michigan mayor defended spending $4,500 of campaign money on an open bar for his daughter's wedding

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The mayor of a Michigan city has defended spending $4,500 of campaign funds for an open bar at a yacht club for his daughter's wedding, saying it doubled as a campaign event, ABC News affiliate WXYZ reported.

Romulus Mayor LeRoy Burcroff admitted for the first time this week that $4,500 had been used specifically to fund an open bar at Belleville Yacht Club.

Despite the fact Burcroff has now reimbursed the money, his attorney Daniel Wholihan told WXYZ that the wedding was a campaign event because many of those in attendance had worked on Burcroff's campaign.

The attorney did however admit that the mayor's campaign funds to pay for his own daughter's wedding created "poor optics."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-michigan-mayor-defended-spending-dollar4500-of-campaign-money-on-an-open-bar-for-his-daughters-wedding-at-a-yacht-club-claiming-it-was-a-campaign-event/ar-AAM1Din

[onecaliberal]

1. Poor optics. What in the complete hell?

[LakeArenal]

6. Once he got caught.

[Journeyman]

2. I want to hear from the daughter, her thoughts on the wedding as a "campaign event" . . .

unexpurgated, of course.

[Solly Mack]

3. Yeah, well, when I do a bad thing or an illegal thing it looks bad because it is bad.

"poor optics"

Damn.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. 'optics' That's ANOTHER word I hate when misused like this. It's a bad look but also illegal and

unethical. Whatcha wanna bet old Leroy is a Pube.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. snort.... his page on the city website is gone. Imagine that!

[SharonClark]

7. Wait, there's more...

Romulus Mayor used campaign to fund part of daughter's wedding, returns $20k in questioned expenses

ROMULUS, Mich. (WXYZ) — Romulus Mayor LeRoy Burcroff is acknowledging that thousands in campaign expenses first questioned by 7 Action News may have crossed the line.

Since earlier this year, Burcroff’s campaign has been under investigation by the Michigan Secretary of State. The investigation was prompted by a complaint outlining a series of expenses first raised in our reports.

In May, Burcroff’s attorney Daniel Wholihan sent a letter to the state acknowledging that Burcroff used his campaign fund to cover $4,500 in expenses from his daughter’s wedding. He also admitted to using nearly $15,000 from the fund to make regular donations to his own church.

In both cases, Wholihan said Burcroff initially received advice from an attorney that the expenses were appropriate, but understands now that the Secretary of State may disagree.

Earlier this year, Burcroff said announced he would not seek re-election.

source: https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/romulus-mayor-returns-20k-in-questioned-expenses-as-sos-investigation-continues

[Demovictory9]

8. Grifter