Today, the Republican Party of Louisiana launched its “Air Mary” campaign and Twitter feed (twitter/AirMaryLA) to draw attention to Senator Mary Landrieu’s habit of using taxpayer funds to fly around the state on private airplanes. USA Today first reported on the vulnerable Senator’s habit, which has cost taxpayers$47,000 in the last year. But in the last few days, Landrieu’s private plane habit has gone from an expensive way to travel for official business to something much more troubling. A new CNN report out today details a second campaign-related flight Senator Landrieu paid for with taxpayer money. This flight, to Shreveport, cost $5,700. That means that between two campaign-related flights Landrieu charged taxpayers nearly $9,000 in clear violation of federal campaign finance law. Troublingly, Landrieu did nothing to rectify the situation until reporters came sniffing around. #DefeatLandrieu #AirMary #LASEN lagop/blog/2014/8/14/lagop-air-mary-campaign-highlights-landrieus-sometimes-legal-private-air-travel
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:30:00 +0000
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