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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

The Two-Way

What Happened In Vegas Costs Federal Properties Manager Her Job

The Las Vegas Strip: sometimes what happens there does come back to bite you.

April 3, 2012 Excessive spending at a 2010 conference that was held just off the Strip has led to Martha Johnson's resignation. Food and drinks alone cost taxpayers nearly $150,000.

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Monday, April 02, 2012

It's All Politics

Obama Administration Tripped Up By GSA's Vegas Spending Scandal

Business clown.

April 2, 2012 The GSA conference with the clown, comedian and mind reader is the kind of embarrassing story any administration wants to avoid on its watch, especially at a time of fiscal austerity when federal workers are coming under attack from some conservatives and a general election looms for a president seeking a second term.

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