-AP- “Call it a sign of the times for Louisiana’s embattled governor: A chance to dine with Gov. Kathleen Blanco fetched a winning bid of $1 at a recent fundraising auction hosted by a group of business leaders.
The president of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, in northeastern Louisiana, said she called Blanco’s office Tuesday to apologize for a “poor joke gone awry.”
“It’s something we deeply regret,” chamber president Sue Edmunds said Wednesday. “Our organization has worked very well with the governor. We have been pleased with her efforts on behalf of this community.”
Dinner with Blanco was the last item up for bid at the fundraising auction last week. Edmunds said the bidding opened at $1,000 and dropped to $500 before the auctioneer accepted a $1 bid from bank executive Malcolm Maddox, a regional chairman for Capital One.”
I hope she doesn’t have this much trouble raising money for the next election.
you could not pay me to even be in the same room with her after her misseriable katrinia responce.
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Put seven ladies (including AN host Becky Philpott) for any length of time in a city and you know where they are heading shopping. Despite the serenading of the Singing Z, they pass up a coconut bra, but Cardow Jewelers has them eyeballing karats.
As if St. Thomas wasn’t cool enough, we’re off to St. John for even more blue water and white sand via a 25-minute ride on Captain Sewer’s boat. And the hype has been justified as we explore the island that is 75 percent national park.
Auctioneer April Brown with MC Mike Brown setting a record for class project.
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