August 28, 2008

Katherine's Starbucks Habit

Posted by Josh Hallett on November 3, 2006 at 05:21 PM

You just have to love campaign finance reports. For those of you that don't know, campaigns are required to file extensive reporting on all their income (donations) and expenditures. The purpose is to keep the books open to expose any nefarious dealings. From a media (and public) standpoint it also provides a great deal of insight into some bizarre things.

Case in point, Wonkette reviewed the recent expenditures of Katherine Harris' Senate campaign and totaled up all the money that she has spent at Starbucks.

Katherine Harris has a very, very specific Starbucks order: “Triple Venti, no fat, no foam, extra hot, with pink sugar.” It is her fuel, it is what keeps her going. If she doesn’t get it, she gets angry. Which might be how her cash-strapped campaign ended up spending almost a thousand dollars at Starbucks this fall alone.

Total Starbucks runs, July-September: 133
Total cost to the campaign: $948.05

Wonkette also provides a handy link to the raw data for those with some time to spare.

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Something in the Starbucks makes you lie. Maybe it's the pink sugar? I hope to meet the biggest liar in Florida history someday, Katherine Harris.

um... good thing no one has this kind of data on me... or do they?

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