While the campaign paid in advance due to Asheville's policy for short-notice bookings, Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees, leaving the White House in January 2021 with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt. Most of the bills are still unpaid, including more than $500,000 owed to The city of El Paso, Texas.
Trump campaign forced to pay Asheville $82k in advance for rally
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-campaign-forced-pay-north-carolina-city-82k-advance-rally-1938769
10 Comments
grue@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
Too untrustworthy to be allowed to pay in arrears, yet some dipshits still think it's appropriate to let him run the country. Un-fucking-believable.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 2y
Deadbeat.
Oh, but Donnie, I thought everyone in the world wants to be at your rallies. Why would you shut them out?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
My hometown. Genuinely shocked AVL is letting this happen but that city's changed a lot since I left it. Last I checked, the retirees had almost entirely colonized everything but the RAD. Anyone still there got an update on how things are now?
IntangibleSloth@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Decided to book a vacation here this week. Had no idea it was happening. Locals seem annoyed with it.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Have fun. If you like beer, swing by Burial. If you're parking downtown, College Street Parking Deck always has open spots, is less than 10 minutes from anything, and has a maximum rate of $8/day
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Burial was good. I also just liked green man's taproom which isn't too far from it. Whole south slope was pretty good, at least to explore.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Green Man's fun and I'm guessing you went to The Funkatorium, too? Pricey as hell anymore, but yeah, AVLs downtown is still one of my favorites.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
IIRC that is Wicked Weed's spot. If so, yeah I went before the buyout. I won't return since that.
Catawba was good, ABC was lackluster (if it's still around), Brahmari was good. Certainly no shortage within walking distance.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
So the venue followed the same policy they would use for a Harris booking? And y'all somehow got the idea this is about Trump?
lars@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Someone who said that “Trump spends less time on track than a decommissioned train car” was trying to understand why Trump said the speech was about the economy. Now we know.