Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser apparently traveled to the ritzy Masters golf event on the taxpayer’s dime – writing off the expense as a enterprise alternative to “promote sports activities and financial growth” within the nation’s capital.
Skilled golf’s main occasion The Grasp’s in Augusta, Georgia is greater than 500 miles from Washington, D.C.
Based on the mayor’s public schedule, Bowser attended the world-renowned golf event, “as a part of a sports activities and financial growth go to.”
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A spokesperson confirmed to DC Information Now that the airline flights to and from Augusta, Georgia, had been paid with metropolis funds, although the price of the flights was not launched.
In a telephone name Monday afternoon, Bowser’s Communications Director Susana Castillo confirmed to the native outlet that Bowser was invited to the event by two individuals main a brand new metropolis job drive, “to revitalize the Gallery Place and Chinatown neighborhood.”
Castillo stated that “whether or not it’s right here within the metropolis or one other metropolis or one other nation,” the mayor is keen to “advance administrative pursuits,” irrespective of the setting – together with a golf event.
Fox Information has reached out to Mayor Bowser’s workplace for remark.