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Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 02:22 Written by rslcpol Monday, 24 November 2008 12:40
This just is not the story you want running given the current global, national, state, and local economic climate. This story will find its way into several political campaigns in 2010. From The Providence Journal:
Since January, the state has spent $38,271 sending members of the General Assembly to New York, New Jersey, Washington, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, New Orleans and California.
And just this past week, the legislature footed the bills for four of its members — including lame-duck Rep. John Patrick Shanley — to go Las Vegas for a four-day G2E Global Gaming Exposition that is expected to cost the state $9,829, including the $1,145 per-person registration fee, according to a summary compiled by the legislative business office.