Traveling on the Taxpayers' Dime
Fox News
Former Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Sharpe James may have dropped his re-election bid earlier this year, but he stuck the city with the $6,500 bill for a five-day trip to Rio de Janeiro in the final week of his 20-year tenure.
What's more, the Newark Star-Ledger reports that his luxury hotels and fine dining in Rio were the tip of the iceberg, finding trips to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republican, Martha's Vineyard and Atlantic City all charged to a city credit card.
James says the trips were all official city business, but new Mayor Cory Booker called the spending an "egregious and unacceptable use of public funds."
Former Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Sharpe James may have dropped his re-election bid earlier this year, but he stuck the city with the $6,500 bill for a five-day trip to Rio de Janeiro in the final week of his 20-year tenure.
What's more, the Newark Star-Ledger reports that his luxury hotels and fine dining in Rio were the tip of the iceberg, finding trips to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republican, Martha's Vineyard and Atlantic City all charged to a city credit card.
James says the trips were all official city business, but new Mayor Cory Booker called the spending an "egregious and unacceptable use of public funds."
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