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[WI]Taxpayers paid to send treasurer to conferences
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| Last Edited | Penguin Sep 22, 2009 06:09pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Patrick Marley and Stacy Forster |
| Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| News Date | Monday, September 21, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Taxpayers spent nearly $5,500 to send state Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass to attend out-of-state conferences over 22 months despite her claim that the travel was privately funded.
Sass told the Journal Sentinel two weeks ago that the National Association of State Treasurers paid for the entire cost of her trips to the group's conferences. But records released under the state open records law show the group paid just $3,898 of $9,367 in bills for Sass. Taxpayers picked up the remaining $5,469.
In a Sept. 4 interview, Sass said taxpayers sometimes paid for her staff to travel to conferences but that all of her expenses were covered by the association.
Asked if taxpayers had ever paid for her travel to the conferences, she said: "No, never. It never has. I'm one of the most fiscally responsible treasurers there are. I take the subway with my suitcase from the airports. I walk to the (U.S.) Capitol . . . because I didn't want to spend money on a cab. I am very responsible."
In an e-mail Friday, Sass said she did not recall saying she never billed taxpayers for travel and noted other state officials travel on the state dime. Her note said she was a frugal traveler. |
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