Records of GOP-sponsored credit card reveal lavish spending by Sansom

Source: St. Petersburg Times

TALLAHASSEE — Ousted House Speaker Ray Sansom racked up about $173,000 on his Republican Party-issued credit card, taking his family on a trip to Europe, making repeated visits to Best Buy and spending thousands on flowers, clothing, meals and hotels.

As a recession tightened on Florida families, Sansom was spending freely, records show, on tuxedo rentals, Chinese food, and a steady flow of coffee — $839 at Starbucks alone.

The American Express Card statements, covering a two-year period, were made public Thursday as part of the criminal case against Sansom, who is accused of official misconduct in securing $6 million in taxpayer money for an airport building that a developer and campaign contributor, Jay Odom, allegedly wanted to use for his private jet business.

Taken together, the credit card charges cast the Destin Republican in starkly different light from the small town politician who preached fiscal restraint.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/article1029531.ece

...you just can't get more twisted than a Republicon...

You have to wonder what members of the republican party have to do before its supporters realize that they like to spend money like drunken sailors.

:kick: