Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Government at Work - Promoting Avocados
It's easy to spend someone else's money; but, that doesn't make it right.
So you pay taxes, and they get to eat lobster. Nice!...
So you pay taxes, and they get to eat lobster. Nice!...
Teri Sforza reports on the Orange County Register website:
"The obscure, Irvine-based California Avocado Commission spent wildly and with few controls, dropping nearly $2 million on questionable credit card purchases and employee perks; lavish hotel stays replete with booze, body treatments, massages and facials; season tickets to Mighty Ducks and Angels games; remodeling an executive’s home office; and much more over a three-year period, according to a state auditor’s report."
