John McSame Receives 80% Discount & Use Of Free Inmate Labor For His Campaign

[DeSwiss]

McCain campaign gets almost 80% off on Homewood gathering space, plus free labor from Homewood Jail inmates

Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Birmingham News
KIM BRYANNews staff writer

Republican presidential candidate John McCain got a deal when his campaign rented gathering space from the city of Homewood for a private fundraiser earlier this week. His campaign was given a discount of about 80 percent off the standard booking rate for Rosewood Hall. In September, Jefferson County Democrats rented the same facility and were charged the full rate.

The McCain campaign was charged $250 to use two rooms in the hall, which normally would book for $1,200 on a weeknight. The campaign also was given free labor from Homewood City Jail inmates to set up tables and chairs for the event, avoiding a $100 set-up fee, but did pay a standard $50 cleaning fee.

Homewood Mayor Barry McCulley said the rental rate was discounted because the event was on Monday, a slow day for business. City Council members say they always vote on such discounts but didn't get a say in this deal. They're upset, as are local Democrats. "I think it's outrageous," said Robert Yarbrough, chairman of the Jefferson County Democratic Party and a Homewood resident.

"I was charged full book rate. I was never offered any free inmate services to set up for my event. Mayor McCulley owes an apology to every citizen in Homewood as to why he arbitrarily changed the fee for this out-of-state senator from Arizona." Yarbrough rented the entire hall, three rooms, on Thursday nights in September 2006 and September 2007 for the Democratic Blue Dot Ball fundraiser. The weekday fee is $1,700 for all three rooms, according to the official rates. Yarbrough said the Democrats paid more than $2,500 for all charges each year.

McCulley said he and City Council President Ginger Busby agreed on the lower rate for McCain's event. He said minor policy changes such as this don't require council approval. Busby says there was a miscommunication. "The mayor asked me if the hall could be free for the McCain event, and I said absolutely not," Busby said. "He then asked if it was appropriate to charge a lesser fee for Mondays. I said as long as it didn't cost the city money, it could be considered."

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- I'm sure that once Johnny finds out about this, he'll send them a check paying the city the full price. And he'll also send checks to those inmates for their work too. Because Johnny is against the mistreatment and misuse of inmates held in captivity for political purposes. And he's against torture too. Sort of. So you guys just keep your eyes pealed on the daily mail. Those checks will arrive anyday now.

Yep, annnyyydaaayyyy now.....
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[islandmkl]

1. johnny'll be trying to pay that 50 cents or $1 a day the 'victs make....

it would be financially prudent, don't you know?

[DeSwiss]

3. Yeah, well...

...he wouldn't want it to appear to be welfare.

- So he'll pay the market rate...

[tridim]

2. I thought this was going to be a joke thread about senior citizen discount cards.

Of course the reality is much worse.

[DeSwiss]

4. By gosh!!!

That's the line the mayor should have used. Darn it! But its too late now.

- On the other hand, he'd be drawing attention (once again) to McLame's age...

[The Straight Story]

5. Yeah but Obama was friends with a kid when in 3rd grade

for about a year, and that kid grew up and did something bad.

And Hillary once used her friends' eye liner without telling her.

Just wait, the above will later show in GDP as reasons why they can't beat McLame.

[DeSwiss]

7. They don't no stinkin' reasons for anything they post in GD-P

- You should know this....

[ColbertWatcher]

Honor in action. n/t

[DeSwiss]

8. Correction:

"RePuke Honor."

- Not to be confused with the real kind...

[ColbertWatcher]

12. I keep forgetting to add "sarcasm". Sorry, thought it was obvious. n/t

[JerseygirlCT]

6. Or maybe those inmates were female, and then he'd be fine with

not paying them.

[DeSwiss]

9. Well, if the inmates were women....

...then I'm sure he'll send them all a copy of his wife's recipes.

[RedCappedBandit]

10. so basically, tax dollars are helping fund his campaign

....

[DeSwiss]

14. Tax dollars....

...and slave labor. The best of both worlds.

- In other words, the standard Repuke Campaign Operating Procedure....

[blue sky at night]

11. you know that scumbags....

have to keep together....sounds like a marriage made in heaven. Republicans and Inmates....I kind of like that sound. I think this could become a trend, in fact I am going to write my local Republican party to see about getting them set up to become "Inmates", then we can move to the State and finally the Federal Level. We could create many jobs for unemployed Democrats building prisons to House the "Inmates". We have many here in OHIO that would qualify, BTW.

[DeSwiss]

15. Wake up!!! Wake up!!!

- You're having that dream again....

[alfredo]

13. That's a donation in kind.

[DeSwiss]

16. Well, that accounts for the mayor....

...but what about the inmates?

- Do they at least get some timeoff their sentences for cruel and unusual punishment???

[alfredo]

17. They didn't have a choice, so yes it is cruel and unusual.