{"id":5412,"date":"2008-06-16T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T07:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/06\/dnc-faces-15-million-shortfall.html"},"modified":"2008-06-16T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T07:24:00","slug":"dnc-faces-15-million-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/06\/dnc-faces-15-million-shortfall.html","title":{"rendered":"DNC faces $15 million shortfall for their convention"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s up with that<\/a>? I thought the Democrats were raking in the bucks because the nation was ticked off at the Republicans. Why is the DNC struggling to pay for the wonderful convention to launch the primary for the messiah? Why isn’t the messiah sharing all the money that he’s raking in over the Internet? It’s looking like Denver might get stuck with the bill:<\/p>\n

The Democratic National Committee has asked the cash-strapped panel to raise $40.6 million by Monday to finance the event. Last month, the committee said it had just $25 million in cash, and it has failed to meet each of several fundraising deadlines since signing a contract with the DNC last year.
\nHost committee members consistently have refused public comment on their fundraising efforts. Committee spokesman Chris Lopez could not immediately be reached by telephone Friday.
\nLast week, Denver city auditor Dennis Gallagher sent a letter to Mayor John Hickenlooper saying taxpayers are concerned they may get stuck with the tab if Denver can’t come up with another $15 million by Monday.
\n“I have people buttonholing me in coffee shops, corralling me along the 16th Street Mall, even stopping by my house asking how the city will be able to afford the convention if the fundraising efforts fall short,” Gallagher wrote. “Specifically people are asking me if Denver will have to use tax dollars to back-load any financial shortfall or even if the city is planning to use bond money to subsidize any shortfall.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Taxpayers having to bail out Democrats? Hmmmm…sounds familiar.
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