Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ’ office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that’s prompted nationwide attention, an audit requested by lawmakers said Monday.
Legislative auditors referred the findings in the long-awaited audit of the lectern to local prosecutors and the attorney general, and lawmakers planned to hold a hearing Tuesday on the report. The report cited several potential legal violations, including paying for the lectern before it was delivered and the handling of records regarding the purchase.
Sanders’ office, which has dismissed questions about the lectern, called the audit’s findings “deeply flawed” and a “waste of taxpayer resources and time.”
I’d be looking into what company manufactures that $19,000 lectern and then research who owns that company. There is a reason someone shells out that much money on a typically cheap item.
Edit: Here is a link to the profile of the CEO of Beckett Events (company that sold the $19,000 podium). https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-beckett-3a940423
She “bought” the lectern from a friend of hers, then she and the friend took a trip to Paris with the money (is the word on the street in Little Rock).
Hell yeah little rock I got kin there. I aint got anything else polite to say bout little rock.
I visited once beautiful city, plenty to do, and the classic fake nice of southerners.
Aye fucken hate fake southern niceness. Plenty prefer California apathy.
Lecterns aren’t inexpensive. A good one will go for 2-5k, easy.
Though they are far from 19k. Iirc, the guy is a friend of the goobenor, and that one goes for line 500 on Amazon.
You’re leaving out the blue paint. That probably cost at least $10,000. It definitely doesn’t look like they got the cheapest color at Walmart.