Clinton pays rent; money goes to Obama

[SoxFan]

PORTSMOUTH — Rochester physician Terry Bennett said he believes the only reason Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign paid for renting a building he owns in Portsmouth is because he became the "squeaky wheel."

Now, Bennett said, he will donate the $500 check to Sen. Barack Obama's rival presidential campaign. He said he's doing it because he likes Obama, but also as a statement on the way he feels he was treated by the staff of the Clinton campaign.

"It was the last straw for Hillary Clinton for me," said Bennett. "Thirty days went by, with no replies to phone calls, e-mails — no replies at all. Suddenly a newspaper article comes out. It was the worst publicity they could get. Three days go by, and I get a check."

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080214/NEWS/802140403

:rofl:

[UALRBSofL]

1. You think that's funny?

Considering your scren name I'm gonna take a guess your in favor of the occupation of Iraq, just a hunch.

[mkultra]

2. I think its funny

She was inconsiderate and got stuffed for it.

[lse7581011]

3. I Don't Know About Funny!

But I think it's great!

[SoxFan]

5. Oooh! Ad hominem attacks!

Nifty! Clever! Spiffy!

Yes, I think it's funny, and no, I don't support the occupation of Iraq.

[XemaSab]

10. I think it's funny.

:shrug:

[Hill_YesWeWill]

4. lol, poor guy, it's really the campaigns fault, you have to pay your rent

no matter who you are

[sam sarrha]

6. AM I THE ONLY ONE REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THAT STORY WAS WRITTEN...??

[lse7581011]

7. Maybe So

what do you find confusing?

[sam sarrha]

9. structure was really strange

[stillcool]

8. I think it's funny...

When Bennett's story came out, more people contacted the Herald about unpaid bills from the Clinton campaign. Iowa resident Richard Reese is the owner of Top Job Services Inc., a cleaning service in Des Moines. His company was hired in November of last year, prior to the Iowa caucuses, to clean the Clinton campaign headquarters on a regular basis.

Reese provided the Herald with invoices and said he had not seen one penny of the $7,561.70 he is owed. As of Wednesday, he still hadn't.

"I got a call on Sunday from the Clinton campaign, who said they were putting the money in a two-day envelope," said Reese. "Today is Wednesday, and I already got the mail, but there's no check."

Last week, Clinton's New Hampshire spokeswoman, Kathleen Strand, said everyone who provided a service to the campaign will be paid. She called cases like Bennett's and Reese's "isolated delays."

Strand said campaign volunteers make an agreement with a landlord and then the flat payment is agreed upon. She said it takes time to process the invoices and then send out a check.

Strand also said she regrets that the building was not left in the condition in which it was rented.
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