"It's a wonderful life!"
For anyone who attended Democratic State Representative Patrick Rose’s fundraiser last May – when the Republican Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, headlined the guest roster – here is a little unexpected disclosure on Rose’s spending habits. Jason Isaac thought you’d want to know.
Is Representative Patrick Rose living off of his campaign account?
Where does your contribution to Rose go? Into his gas tank.
Democrat State Representative Patrick Rose has found a way to make ends meet during this tough economy – by dipping into his campaign bank account.
Beginning in March of 2005, Representative Rose evidently got tired of paying for his own gasoline in his 2003 Ford F-150 and began charging it to his campaign. Since that day, Rose has billed his campaign approximately 322 times totaling $21,340.90 for gasoline and $15,422.67 for maintenance of his personal vehicle, a total of $36,763.57.
Rose has been passing these charges along to his campaign for approximately 65 months (or approximately 273 weeks). Typically, a pick-up truck needs to be filled up weekly. Simple math shows that Rose may not have paid for a single tank of gas since February 2005.
Some highlights from Rose’s campaign finance report:
$21,340.90 for fuel, a total of 322 charges
$15,422.67 for auto insurance, maintenance and registration
$19,170.73 for food, including countless breakfasts, lunches and dinners for himself, staff and a few for his fellow House members
More if you can stand it at isaacfortexas.com
By the way, just in case any of you were wondering…
karltm | June 10, 2008
Central Texas State Representatives Mark Strama and Patrick Rose give a humorous introduction at the Texas State Democratic Convention in Austin, TX.
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