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Charleston Place is suing the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, alleging that the GOP group stiffed the ritzy hotel on a $227,872 tab during a January stay for the party's primary.
The conference lined up a Jan. 19-22 stay back in March and booked nearly every room in the luxury hotel in the center of downtown Charleston, according to the lawsuit. Political consultant Robert Cahaly signed the agreement on behalf of the group.
Charleston Place alleges that the conference was so poorly attended that many of its sponsors pulled out and former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich bailed on a planned appearance.
Associated Press
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, carries a sign at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Charleston
When it came time to pay the bill, conference officials allegedly skipped out on their obligations and left Charleston Place holding the bag for the attendee's lodging, food and beverages, according to the lawsuit. The hotel is seeking full payment of the bill, as well as punitive damages.
The conference issued a statement this morning disputing the lawsuit's claims and promising that its own counter-claim is on the way.
The statement read:
"After prepaying over $235,000 to the Charleston Place Hotel, we at SRLC 2012 had an unprofessional experience that directly and indirectly breached our contract causing great harm and distraction to our attendees, sponsors, and staff. The Charleston Place's attempt to mischaracterize this legitimate dispute as the SRLC's walking away from a bill is in keeping with the pattern of deception and misrepresentation that is a significant part of our ongoing disagreement.
"We continue to seek a reasonable and equitable settlement even as the Charleston Place's Management seeks to sensationalize. We sincerely hope that cooler heads at the Charleston Place will prevail and they will acknowledge serious errors and actions resulting in a fair agreement."
The group referred further questions to its attorney, John Harrell, who not immediately available for comment.
The lawsuit states that conference leaders cancelled a planned meeting to settle the bill on Jan. 22, sending Charleston Place an email filled with fabricated claims about billing discrepancies, ill treatment by the hotel's staff and a hotel manager's attempt to get a conference staffer to engage in unspecified illegal activity, the lawsuit states.
The hotel wants to hold Cahalay and others personally responsible for the tab, arguing that the Southern Republican Leadership Conference is nothing but a corporate shell Cahaly uses to hide from his obligations, the lawsuit states.
The conference's web site offers a much different take on the outcome of the event. The conferences "speakers, presidential candidates, panels, and globally-televised presidential debate" leading up to the state's first-in-the-South primary secured its place "among the most successful Republican conferences ever," according to one blog post.
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wow, i had no idea... if i don't like the hotel food or staff, I dont have to pay my bill lol... that's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Charleston Place is suing the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, alleging that the GOP group stiffed the ritzy hotel on a $227,872 tab during a January stay for the party's primary.
The conference lined up a Jan. 19-22 stay back in March and booked nearly every room in the luxury hotel in the center of downtown Charleston, according to the lawsuit. Political consultant Robert Cahaly signed the agreement on behalf of the group.
Charleston Place alleges that the conference was so poorly attended that many of its sponsors pulled out and former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich bailed on a planned appearance.
Associated Press
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, carries a sign at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Charleston
When it came time to pay the bill, conference officials allegedly skipped out on their obligations and left Charleston Place holding the bag for the attendee's lodging, food and beverages, according to the lawsuit. The hotel is seeking full payment of the bill, as well as punitive damages.
The conference issued a statement this morning disputing the lawsuit's claims and promising that its own counter-claim is on the way.
The statement read:
"After prepaying over $235,000 to the Charleston Place Hotel, we at SRLC 2012 had an unprofessional experience that directly and indirectly breached our contract causing great harm and distraction to our attendees, sponsors, and staff. The Charleston Place's attempt to mischaracterize this legitimate dispute as the SRLC's walking away from a bill is in keeping with the pattern of deception and misrepresentation that is a significant part of our ongoing disagreement.
"We continue to seek a reasonable and equitable settlement even as the Charleston Place's Management seeks to sensationalize. We sincerely hope that cooler heads at the Charleston Place will prevail and they will acknowledge serious errors and actions resulting in a fair agreement."
The group referred further questions to its attorney, John Harrell, who not immediately available for comment.
The lawsuit states that conference leaders cancelled a planned meeting to settle the bill on Jan. 22, sending Charleston Place an email filled with fabricated claims about billing discrepancies, ill treatment by the hotel's staff and a hotel manager's attempt to get a conference staffer to engage in unspecified illegal activity, the lawsuit states.
The hotel wants to hold Cahalay and others personally responsible for the tab, arguing that the Southern Republican Leadership Conference is nothing but a corporate shell Cahaly uses to hide from his obligations, the lawsuit states.
The conference's web site offers a much different take on the outcome of the event. The conferences "speakers, presidential candidates, panels, and globally-televised presidential debate" leading up to the state's first-in-the-South primary secured its place "among the most successful Republican conferences ever," according to one blog post.
Charleston Place is a magnificant luxury hotel so I'd seriously doubt the the GOP got less than stellar treatment.
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Obama skipped out on a tab in 2008 for 50g. Where is your thread on that blackass.
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Two of Obama’s Top Campaign Bundlers Brothers With Fugitive Wanted on Drug And Fraud Charges In US, Raised Over $200K For Reelection Effort
(NY Times) — Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama’s re-election campaign.
The casino owner, Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, known as Pepe, jumped bail in Iowa in 1994 and disappeared, and has since been linked to violence and corruption in Mexico. A State Department cable in 2009 said he was suspected of orchestrating the assassination of a business rival and making illegal campaign donations to Mexican officials.
When The New York Times asked the Obama campaign early Monday about the Cardonas, officials said they were unaware of the brother in Mexico. Later in the day, the campaign said it was refunding the money raised by the family, which totaled more than $200,000.
As recently as January of last year, one of Mr. Cardona’s brothers in Chicago, Carlos Rojas Cardona, arranged for the former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party to seek a pardon from the governor for Pepe Cardona, according to prosecutors in that state. None was forthcoming.
Last fall, Carlos Cardona and another brother in Chicago, Alberto Rojas Cardona, began raising money for the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The Cardona brothers, who have no prior history of political giving, appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the world of Democratic fund-raising, Democratic activists said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/politics/major-obama-donors-are-tied-to-pepe-cardona-mexican-fugitive.html?_r=2
Hahahaha. Jon Corzine. These scumbags. Rezko. Etc, Etc. Oh my!
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As they say..
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Obama skipped out on a tab in 2008 for 50g. Where is your thread on that blackass.
Please list citation....never heard of anything like that
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Please list citation....never heard of anything like that
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Springfield-Illinois-Officials-Say-Obama-Still-Owes-55000-for-Security-at-Campaign-Event-138678564.html
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Classic tactic, list another sides failing in the same area.
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Classic tactic, list another sides failing in the same area.
Both parties suck ass and are screwing over people daily. The GOP IMHO is but a half an ounce better than the Demos, I said it and agree with that.
Go ahead blackasss and vince, admit the same thing.
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Both parties suck ass and are screwing over people daily. The GOP IMHO is but a half an ounce better than the Demos, I said it and agree with that.
Go ahead blackasss and vince, admit the same thing.
Exactly. This has gotten so out of hand.