Wednesday, February 22, 2006
New Twist on Ramsey's $18,172 Flight
Today I heard of an interesting development in the controversy over Chesterfield County's administrator's hiring a Lear jet for $18,172.12 (I saw the exact amount on television) to get to Chesterfield stat to deal with the Ed Barber sex scandal crisis (that is a story in itself, which I will not get into here). The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce paid for the flight, paying the County today. The Chamber of Commerce got the money from 30 businesses in Chesterfield who donated money to the Chamber to reimburse the county.
This isn't right at all. There should be only one donor to reimburse the county, and that should be County Administrator Lane Ramsey. Now because of this payment today, when I patronize any of these 30 businesses, I indirectly pay for Ramsey's wild Lear jet ride. If you believe that Ramsey should have flown commercial for $303 instead of a Lear jet for $18,172.12, then don't patronize these businesses. I call for a boycott of all of the businesses that contributed to pay for the flight. As of now I don't know who those businesses are. I hope the list shows up soon in the public media. If it remains out of public view, then I call for a boycott of all businesses in Chesterfield. I may very well go to Richmond, Petersburg, and Colonial Heights for my business for the foreseeable future.
I also call for replacing all of the supervisors at the next election. Dickie King, for instance, actually was a passenger on that Lear jet, and other supervisors supported the decision.
This isn't right at all. There should be only one donor to reimburse the county, and that should be County Administrator Lane Ramsey. Now because of this payment today, when I patronize any of these 30 businesses, I indirectly pay for Ramsey's wild Lear jet ride. If you believe that Ramsey should have flown commercial for $303 instead of a Lear jet for $18,172.12, then don't patronize these businesses. I call for a boycott of all of the businesses that contributed to pay for the flight. As of now I don't know who those businesses are. I hope the list shows up soon in the public media. If it remains out of public view, then I call for a boycott of all businesses in Chesterfield. I may very well go to Richmond, Petersburg, and Colonial Heights for my business for the foreseeable future.
I also call for replacing all of the supervisors at the next election. Dickie King, for instance, actually was a passenger on that Lear jet, and other supervisors supported the decision.
