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Pa. justices' expenses tally $53,000
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler Mar 06, 2006 11:22am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Monday, March 6, 2006 05:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | [State Supreme Court justices are being more frugal in their reimbursable expenses.]
In the first half of the fiscal year, taxpayers paid for several trips and 95 meals, a paper reported.
Associated Press
HARRISBURG - The state's seven Supreme Court justices billed taxpayers for more than $53,000 in food, travel and other expenses during the first half of the fiscal year, according to a published report.
Among the $53,473 in expenses was a $318 bill for dinner submitted by Justice Russell Nigro on the night before he was voted out of office, the Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported yesterday. The paper examined justices' expense records for the first six months of the fiscal year, which began July 1.
On the day after the November election, Nigro dined at another upscale Philadelphia restaurant, running up a $124 tab.
The Patriot-News reported that the justices' recent charges included 95 meals; trips to conferences in Alaska, Puerto Rico and South Carolina; $5 tips to doormen; and $6 for snacks from an honor bar. Justice J. Michael Eakin charged taxpayers $5 for tolls to attend the October funeral of the husband of Justice Sandra Schultz Newman.
"This is the result of government out of control, and we have people in there who do not relate to the average Pennsylvanian who is earning $35,000 per year," said Matthew Brouillette, president of the conservative-leaning Commonwealth Foundation.
"When we have elected officials or public servants spending taxpayer money on luxurious hotel rooms or lavish dinners, it is time for a revolution in Pennsylvania," he said.
In the previous fiscal year, justices submitted $164,212 in expenses. |
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