A deep dive into Gov. Sanders' $19K lectern audit report

[@kronosouranos9979]

So you’re telling me the only amount in question is a 2,500 contractor pay for a consultant??

[@glycian3517]

No way that lectern is worth more than $7.5k

[@TEMPESTsonofThunder]

You really think it is?

[@kronosouranos9979]

There is some hidden tech inside that allows them to only have one mice but have multiple news networks plug into it.

[@sawssman965]

its a replica. not even the real deal. How is that not fraud?

[@racingpigeon2024]

Send huckleberry to the pen! The Arkie-saw taxpayers are tired of buying steamed snails and those little "cake-thingys" from Paris cafes. 😉

[@ShowMeStateS.W.Mo.]

It's not real. It's generic. It's worth under a thousand dollars. She had documents forged after filing the receipt she later had someone at the courthouse write on the receipt " to be reimbursed." The record keeper than was told not to date it so it would look or appear it was written at the time of purchase. I hope Sara and all her girlfriends had a swell time while on their vacation at the expense of arkansas. Apparently, it was bought by the state of Arkansas by her while on vacation from one of her girlfriends who just supposedly had a fake one for sale. After all that tried to get the freedom act, the law changed so people could not hold her accountable for her actions. You go, girl!

[@ADadSupreme]

Folks, it converts into a Segway motorized scooter and she can ride it away in case of assassination attempt or if she's bored, so $19,000 seems reasonable. The $2,500 'consulting fee' was actually a training class to teach her how to ride it. Arkansas taxpayers just don't understand the rigourous demands/stressors of her burdens while serving them.

[@glycian3517]

I did not realize this. I've been considering converting my stand up desk into a Segway so I can work from home while rolling down the street with my phone Hotspot. Quotes are around $20k so makes sense. /s

[@ADadSupreme]

@@glycian3517 Huckabee may have opted for the Oil Slick defense option as well. Pretty sure she declined the Smoke Screen because she has one built in since birth.

[@ShowMeStateS.W.Mo.]

Now, that's the way you use a pencil on the voters of Arkansas Way to go Sara!

[@darcydj]

The reporter is lying… that lectern is less than 8k

[@hughkerins3151]

Huckabee's response to the audit was that it was a waste of the taxpayers money???? 19 thousand for a lectern wasn't ???

[@Nofashists]

Stole tax payer money to go to Paris, disgusting.

[@TEMPESTsonofThunder]

Evidence of that claim?

[@sawssman965]

@@TEMPESTsonofThunderTheres a whole audit buddy. Try thinking before talking. Her defence is she has immunity. To be clear, shes not refuting the evidence her self.

[@TEMPESTsonofThunder]

⁠@@sawssman965someone asks for evidence and you ridicule them? Take your own advice “buddy”.

[@sawssman965]

@@TEMPESTsonofThunder proceeds to ignore the actual evidence and clutches peals. You cant be helped.

[@TEMPESTsonofThunder]

⁠@@sawssman965well that’s a poor outlook. Why should anybody trust what someone says who thinks that way? When asked to provide evidence, and you say you have it, do you always ridicule the person making the reasonable request to see it? All you had to do was provide the evidence. For all you know, this could be the first time I heard about this.

[@sawssman965]

Shortest deep dive ive ever seen.

[@learasummons4867]

Why can't they just get the information to about the purchase from the company that sold it ?

[@silentbuccaneer4569]

A $19,000 podium. Bought with tax payer money and then paid back by private money. Sounds like my ex-wife. Used the county credit card to buy our children Christmas gifts. There was an audit in her department(finance officer for a sheriff's department). She said she grabbed the wrong card, which cant be the case because the cashiers ask whether the purchase is taxed or nontaxed. That would have been a red flag question. She still purchased those gifts. Once the investigation started, she tried to make a payment to walmart and her check bounced and when they wouldnt take money she started to panic. During the county commisioners meeting she showed up to pay the money back and the Sheriff at the time asked if he could pay for her bill so she wouldnt be charged. They accepted the payment. It still baffling to me that they let her get away with it. Since the finance manager who replaced her did the same thing and they charged her.

[@TWLogik]

No new taxes just need to audit more.