ToDaZeD Compare and Contrast
they’re right! I’m poooooooor
California Assembly, Speaker Fabian [Fabio] Nunez “There’s not too big a difference between how I live and how most middle-class people live."
He “earns":
[his wife is a nurse and consultant]
$130,062 a year
$170 for expenses each day the Assembly is in session [tax-free]
He’s spent: [a selection]
$47,412 United, Lufthansa and Air France
$8,745 Hotel Arts in Barcelona
$5,149 for a “meeting” at Cave L’Avant Garde, Frants
$2,562 for two “office expenses” at Vuitton
$1,795 for a “meeting” at Le Grand Colbert, Frants
$1,715 meeting at Asia de Cuba restaurant in West Hollywood
$317 purchase at upscale Pavilion Salon Shoes in Sacramento
$2,428 meeting at 58 Degrees and Holding, Sacto
*distant laughter*
But hey—it’s not all our money:
$12,500 in airfare, meals and lodging paid for by the tax-exempt California Foundation on the Environment and Economy
Other Income:
$1.9 million in 2005 and 2006 from unions, corporations and others with a perennial stake in legislative business
$2,500 from a group of pharmaceutical companies affected by a Nuñez bill to create a prescription drug discount program
The state Democratic Party, which unlike officeholders can raise unlimited sums, transferred $4 million to Nuñez’s campaign account last November
Interestingly enough, Nunez runs unopposed in his gerrymandered district. Always willing to ‘fight the brave fight’ those Dhims…
Politburo Tool pay’s gooo-ooood.
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