Wow, Madla sure spends like a Republican! Someone sent his expenses over the last three years to us with this note:
The per capita income in SD19 is $12,404, including in the South San Antonio school district whose board members voted last fall to rename an elementary school after their pal. Madla spent half that amount just on Ozarka water over the past three years.Now I live Ozarka water as much as the next elitist that's too good to drink for the same water fountain the poor people may have used, but wow!
Check the extended entry for a breakdown. (Formatting will be a nightmare, but just deal) Rowr! Wonder if the Wizard will ever give Madla the courage he needs?
FRANK MADLA’S EXPENDITURE REPORTS
Total Expenditures Reported from January Semiannual Report (January 15, 2003) to 30 Days Before Election Report ( February 6, 2006). Includes both “Friends of Frank Madla - account # 00015837� and “Frank Madla – account 00021162� as filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES – 1.68 MILLION DOLLARS
1. Food and Beverage expenses: $183,000.
Including $65K on the Restaurants listed below. Made 97 visits to Piccolo’s Italian Restaurant in San Antonio, average cost per visit, $185.
2. Alcohol, Liquor, and other Beverages: $18,554
Twelve entries noted in C&E reports totaling $18,554 for Gabriel’s Liquors, several San Antonio Locations.
3. Car Payment, Car Repair Expenses: $41,101
Several car payments made to Ancira Motor Company*, Cavendar Toyota, GMAC and Toyota Financial Services. Includes $8,000 and $5,000 car payments to Cavendar Toyota
* Not including in this total is a $15,000 down payment expense noted in 2002 January Semiannual - report
EXPN,F,1717,ENT,Anicira-Winton Chevrolet,,,,10807 IH 10 West,,San Antonio,TX,78230,20010725,15000.00,Campaign Auto Downpayment
4. Photography related expenses: $30,870
Includes over $18,000 in framing costs.
Category “9� on expenditure excel sheet, color coded by yellow cells.
5. Ozarka Water: $6,650
Category “3� on expenditure excel sheet, color coded by light purple cells.
6. Austin apartment, including utilities, appliances : $82,922
Category “6�, blue cells.
7. Gifts: $27,078
Category “12�, grey cells.
8. Office Equipment and Supplies: $41,996
Excludes expenses categorized as campaign related equipment and/or supplies.
Category “8�, olive cells.
9. Lodging: $37,807
Category “10�, red cells
10. Car Washes: $1,769
Category “15�, mustard cells
11. Hotel Limpia: $34,812
These expenses overlap, with lodging, food and beverage.
Time to go, Frank. Maybe they'll save a table for you at Piccolo's.
He no lika da sushi, but he sure lika da liquor.
I'd like to spend $4500 at a liquor store in one stop.
Madla is a drunk, an incompetent, a spineless tool of David Dewhurst and a sad example of someone that stayed way beyond his prime.
trad - you need to check yourself. It's terribly insulting to a lot of good, no... GREAT, alcoholics and drunks to lump Madla in with them.
I personally resent it very much. Madla is on his goddamned own.
I'm making a scotch.
We don't pay our legislators enough so they pay themselves out of political contributions. One problem with this is everyone gets to see how high off the hog you are living and what a drunk you are.
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Madla has become a real laughingstock. Except that it's not so funny anymore. What's the difference between him and Tom DeLay?