06 October 2008

Lobbyist Spending on W.Va. Legislature Reaches $318k

Coca-Cola footed the hotel bill while House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, attended NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 in May, and Chesapeake Energy Corp. spent nearly $118 per person on a July dinner for Thompson, Senate President Earl Tomblin, D-Logan, other lawmakers and their spouses, according to lobbyist spending reports scrutinized by The Charleston Gazette.

3 comments:

Christopher Scott Jones said...

If Thompson had wanted to watch people make aggressive, continuous left turn, he coulda just went to the Huntington Mall on Black Friday.

clear eyes said...

Or he could just sit back and observe the WV legislature.

Anonymous said...

I can't believe that jackass got go go to the Coke 600 on MY DIME!