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	<title>Comments on: The &#8220;I have a tear” speech from Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale</title>
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		<title>by: Number9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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You will not believe this. &lt;a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=48667" rel="nofollow"&gt;WBIR reports that Mike Ragsdale spent $51,000 last year for food and booze.&lt;/a&gt;

What was the budget for food and booze? $5,000.

Ragsdale and his people spent a grand a week of the taxpayers money so they could live high on the hog. But wait, there's more. Ragsdale and five others went to a restaurant in Sevierville and ordered 17 entrees. In the world of the "Rich and Famous" it is called "sampling". They also ordered appetizers. What they didn't eat they took home. This placed didn't serve booze and the bill was still over $800. They left a huge tip.

A millionaire Mayor with billionaire tastes paid for by the taxpayers.

&lt;a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/28/accountants-findings-add-up-to-more-issues/" rel="nofollow"&gt;But he reads to children so it's all good.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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<p>You will not believe this. <a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=48667" rel="nofollow">WBIR reports that Mike Ragsdale spent $51,000 last year for food and booze.</a></p>
<p>What was the budget for food and booze? $5,000.</p>
<p>Ragsdale and his people spent a grand a week of the taxpayers money so they could live high on the hog. But wait, there&#8217;s more. Ragsdale and five others went to a restaurant in Sevierville and ordered 17 entrees. In the world of the &#8220;Rich and Famous&#8221; it is called &#8220;sampling&#8221;. They also ordered appetizers. What they didn&#8217;t eat they took home. This placed didn&#8217;t serve booze and the bill was still over $800. They left a huge tip.</p>
<p>A millionaire Mayor with billionaire tastes paid for by the taxpayers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/28/accountants-findings-add-up-to-more-issues/" rel="nofollow">But he reads to children so it&#8217;s all good.</a>
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