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Tom Hayden's avatar

Yeah, I see what you're saying. I'll try to FOIA the communications tomorrow and see what comes back. Will take about 2 weeks.

It's possible that the this is some kind of mistake but some of these things are pretty suspect. If you look at the bills back in May 22, it was full of the same kind of stuff - like a $250 steak dinner in Los Angeles.

https://www.foiagras.com/p/district-65s-free-lunch-program-for

At some point, I'm not sure what's worse - continually making the same mistake, requiring you to pay money back or expecting the taxpayers to cover personal expenses? "He's just incompetent" is almost as bad! We paid a guy $262k to run our schools and he can't figure out Apple Pay?

Either way, I'll FOIA the communications - if you send me your email Pablo (email me tom@foiagras.com) - I'll share with you when it comes in and we can chat offline. I really do appreciate this comment.

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Penny's avatar

Seriously. I have a company credit card. I keep it at work except when I’m going on a trip and then I am VERY conscious about when I use it.

Our compliance team drills this into us.

Part of the reason this story is important is that it sheds some light on the performance of a oublic entity’s compliance system

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Tom Hayden's avatar

I have a p-card for *my own business* and I am ultra careful not to mix business and personal expenses, lest the IRS knock on my door. I also have my business AMEX in my Apple Wallet and it's very easy to not mix them up.

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