COST PER PLATE for your dinner: $25K. Where's the MONEY GO? HINT: He's orange.

[Miles Archer]

WASHINGTON — With Canada moving ever closer to building a new publicly owned international crossing in Detroit, the Moroun family, which owns the rival Ambassador Bridge, continues to be politically active, throwing what was billed as a $25,000-a-plate dinner for U.S. House Speaker John Boehner.

The Detroit Free Press recently obtained a copy of a “fact sheet” put out by Boehner’s political team prior to the Aug. 10 event, which listed a $2,500-per-couple reception at the Country Club of Detroit to be followed by a $25,000-per-person dinner at the family residence in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

The overall target for both events — as well as a $10,000 gift from the host committee — was $250,000 for the Boehner for Speaker Committee, a fundraising arm of the speaker’s political apparatus used to fund his leadership PAC, the Ohio GOP and the National Republican Congressional Committee.

But while the Moroun family — Manuel (Matty) Moroun, his son Matthew and their wives — continue to support federal officeholders, political leaders and presidential aspirants, it’s unclear what effect, if any, it is having on the rival bridge or the family’s attempts to build their own second span.

http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/13/boehner-fundraiser-moroun-ambassador-bridge-detroit-michigan-canada/72209604/

[yeoman6987]

1. Another 1 percenter

They almost all are. Bernie is one of the few who isn't.

[Snobblevitch]

2. I would be a bit cautious in criticizing a fundraiser dinner based on the high cost of attending.

Democratic candidates do the same thing.