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Students sue for inaugural refunds
Washington Times ^ | May 14, 2009 | Nedra Pickler

Posted on 05/14/2009 2:03:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog

A class-action lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday on behalf of more than 15,000 students who paid thousands to attend Barack Obama's presidential inauguration but reportedly were left out in the cold.

The lawsuit filed in Washington says Vienna, Va.-based Envision EMI promised middle school, high school and college students across the country special access to the inauguration, parade and a black-tie inaugural ball Jan. 20.

The lawsuit says that once the students got to Washington, they had no tickets for the inauguration or parade, and the balls they attended were not official events connected to the inauguration.

Envision, a for-profit company that reportedly brought in $40 million from the inaugural sales, has said it would refund students $1 million. But the lawsuit says that would only reimburse each attendee about $65. The students were charged $2,380 to $2,620 and also had to pay for travel to Washington, formal wear for the ball and in some cases extra meals not included in the base cost.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho2008; ripoff

1 posted on 05/14/2009 2:03:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

lol!


2 posted on 05/14/2009 2:07:03 PM PDT by exist
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To: smokingfrog

Not surprising, ripping people off is usually what democRATS do anyway.


3 posted on 05/14/2009 2:07:36 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: smokingfrog
and a college graduate from California complaining the black-tie gala was nothing more than a "glorified prom night."

What did the idiot think a "ball" is?

4 posted on 05/14/2009 2:08:03 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge."~Pr. 14:7)
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To: smokingfrog
The students were charged $2,380 to $2,620 and also had to pay for travel to Washington, formal wear for the ball and in some cases extra meals not included in the base cost.

HAD TO? They did not have to do anything!

5 posted on 05/14/2009 2:08:38 PM PDT by library user
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To: exist

Well, Obama supporters are idiots.

It’s easy to steal money from idiots.

I am thinking about Michelle Obama line of ass-hiding girdles.


6 posted on 05/14/2009 2:13:05 PM PDT by Jewbacca (Yes, I am very hairy and good with small arms.)
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To: Jewbacca

>>I am thinking about Michelle Obama line of ass-hiding girdles

They better be made of Adamantium.


7 posted on 05/14/2009 2:16:10 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: smokingfrog

Ahahaha! Dumbasses.


8 posted on 05/14/2009 2:16:28 PM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: randomhero97

Nelson points his finger and says....

HA-HA


9 posted on 05/14/2009 2:18:17 PM PDT by ak267
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To: smokingfrog
calvin and hobbs
10 posted on 05/14/2009 2:36:02 PM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

I am sure that the president of this fine upstanding company will be punished. After all, President Obama is bound and determined to increase taxes on the rich and surely he will get caught in that net. Crime and Punishment all neatly wrapped up.


11 posted on 05/14/2009 3:00:27 PM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: smokingfrog

Nedra Pickler wrote this? I’m stunned. She’s was writing pro-Obama propaganda for AP all throughout the presidential campaign. When did she jump the fence and start writing for the Times?


12 posted on 05/14/2009 4:19:29 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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To: OrangeHoof

She still writes for AP.


13 posted on 05/14/2009 4:26:57 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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To: Tax-chick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YUuyzQDmjY


14 posted on 05/14/2009 8:56:18 PM PDT by John Will
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