For what it’s worth, if I insisted on some vast police deployment, I’d be getting a bill from my city for it. Should the White House be billed? What, that makes as much sense as randomly walking up to someone in the town and making them pay. The White House is funded by the American people, though taxes.
The rightful party to pony up the funds are the hosts of the event, just as any host would be expected to pony up the funds for any other type of event that requires police presence.
Why haven’t the home owners already paid off this bill? Do they think that the rest of the citizens of the town should pay it?
Oh, for Pete’s sake, what am I thinking? They’re liberals, of course they think that everyone else should pay for their party. It’s how the entire Democrat party operates - throw lavish gatherings, and expect everyone else to pick up the bill. After all, they DID bring the Dear Leader to the town...
The way I read it was the two home owners that hosted the fund raiser were the only ones billed.