Virginia’s first family under scrutiny

[Judi Lynn]

Posted at 12:08 PM ET, 04/24/2013
Virginia’s first family under scrutiny
By Peter Galuszka

Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell is seeing his daily life and that of his family scrutinized as never before.

The Post reported that Jonnie Williams Sr., head of Star Scientific, gave Mr. McDonnell’s daughtera $15,000 wedding meal for her 2011 nuptials at the Executive Mansion. Other offerings from Mr. Williams included $100,000 in corporate jet rides for Mr. McDonnell, vacation stays at a lakeside vacation home and use of a Land Rover and a Ferrari.

Now come questions from another source: Mr. McDonnell’s former executive chef, who faces felony embezzlement charges. Attorneys for Todd Schneider are seeking information about how the McDonnell family has used food, goods and resources provided by the state.

The inquiries involve whether a McDonnell daughter used resources when she allegedly stayed for several months at Camp Pendelton, a state-owned reserve used by governors at the Virginia Beach oceanfront. Mr. McDonnell’s twin daughters may have stocked up on energy drinks for college at state expense. Another relative may have taken alcoholic beverages to Camp Pendleton. There’s some other issue regarding whether first lady Maureen McDonnell gave away pots and pans from the state kitchen.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/post/virginias-first-family-under-scrutiny/2013/04/24/3a40b9ae-acf5-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html

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Bob McDonnell

[Sanity Claws]

1. Republican, of course

Why was that not mentioned in the article?

[Politicalboi]

2. Does his daughters get

Free vaginal ultrasounds too?

[Blue_Tires]

3. He'd better get used to it if he's thinking about the '16 primary...

[Chan790]

4. Some of that seems legitimate, but most of it seems like petty nitpicky shit...

and I'd wager that if I dug into it, somewhere I'd find the fingerprints of VA AG Ken "the Asshole" Cooch. (Cuchinelli) Cooch is a teabagger, McD is a mainstream GOPper and there has been some mutually-denied but well-known friction from Day-1.

[TeamPooka]

5. They're busting out the Governor's Mansion like it's a restaurant in GOODFELLAS. nt