On 7 Jul 2004 08:58:13 -0700,
[email protected] (Ronde Champ) wrote:
>Hey,
>
> Why does the US federal Government support a bike team in
> France? I work hard for my money, and think the taxes I
> pay could be better used. What a Boondoggle!
>
>Thanks, Ronde Champ
At the risk of being trolled, especially in light of this
being my annual post to rbr, I offer this (which I'm sure
many have seen). It
collective noses clean...
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The Lake Worth Herald, in a July 2003 editorial wrote,
"Shouldn’t the post office be directing its efforts into
more efficient mail delivery, more cost savings within the
organization, better ways to deal with for-profit
competitors and leave the heavy duty sponsorships to private
businesses which can properly track the effectiveness of
said campaigns?"
In 2002 the newspapers filed three Freedom of Information
(FOIA) requests with the USPS for expenses of postal
executives attending the Tour de France race in Paris.
The newspapers learned that more than a dozen postal
executives spent tens of thousands of dollars on first class
airfare, luxury hotel suites and in Paris’ finest
restaurants.
"On July 3, 2001, then Vice President of Sales Gail
Sonnenberg, and her husband Robert Maddern, manager of post
office operations in the Washington DC metropolitan area,
flew to Geneva, one day after the USPS raised postal rates."
"During less than one month, she expensed nearly $20,000
to the post office for two roundtrip flights and $1,020 a
day hotel charges among other expenditures," the
newspapers reported.
Asked by the Herald/Observers at the time if he paid his own
hotel and expenses while in Europe, Maddern responded, "It’s
none of your business."
http://www.postalwatch.org/news2004/2004_03_24_au_revoir-
_lance.htm
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