Posted on 05/07/2009 10:13:53 AM PDT by george76
Mayor Adrian Fenty continues to travel out of town, keeping his whereabouts a secret from the public.
A spokesperson for Fenty refused to say where the mayor is today, whether or not he's in the country, or how long he will be gone.
Even people close to Fenty aren't aware of his travel schedule.
D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray, who is first in the line of succession to the mayor and the second-highest ranking elected official in town, is in the dark.
Fenty recently returned from an undisclosed trip to the Middle East. When asked by WTOP, Fenty said the trip was "basically a family vacation."
Later, Fenty acknowledged that the United Arab Emirates government paid $25,000 for the trip. A previous family trip to China was paid for by several Chinese government agencies.
Fenty says he performed official business on both trips but refused to provide any details.
Last week, Fenty traveled to Philadelphia to watch the NCAA basketball tournament. A spokesperson for Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter tells WTOP that Fenty asked Nutter for six tickets to Nutter's skysuite at the Wachovia Center.
The Philadelphia trip was not on the Mayor's public schedule...
Last year, Fenty took several undisclosed trips to campaign for President Barack Obama.
Taxpayers paid for three members of Fenty's executive staff, 10 police officers, and three detectives to travel with Fenty as he campaigned across the country for Obama over a five-month period
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Wonder who’s paying for this one.
It should be known by now since the article is about 2 months old.
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