Well, it’s hard to celebrate your birthday with a pandemic still racing through the country. It is even harder to celebrate that birthday when you are 200 years old.
I mean, you’re probably infirm, and maybe your mind is a little feeble. Who wouldn’t be? The answer to that would be the Town of Colesville.
The Town of Colesville was created on April 2, 1821. It was split off from the Town of Windsor to create its own township. There is no incorporated villages or cities within the boundaries of the town, but there are plenty of hamlets and activity.
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Republican House Minority Leader Jim Townsend said the governor’s purchases were “unfortunate” and inappropriate.
“It’s not what tax dollars ought to be spent for,” Townsend said. “In the time when people are hurting all over the state, using their tax dollars to buy Wagyu beef has got to be a little bit disenchanting to many people. I think it’s just more of indication of the problem that we have had and the governor has had connecting with people.”
One of the receipts showed that the Governor’s Office spent more than $200 during one trip to Sam’s Club on at least five bottles of tequila, two bottles of vodka, two bottles of merlot, a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of gin, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks from the governor s mansion during a recent virtual briefing.
SANTA FE, New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she regrets discretionary spending of taxpayer money that included $6,500 on groceries and alcohol.
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, over a six-month period in 2020 spent almost $13,500 from a taxpayer-funded expense account is appropriated by the state Legislature for the governor to spend on functions, events or items that promote the state, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
Former Republican Gov. Susana Martinez spent about $470,000 in discretionary funds from 2011 through 2017, or an average of about $68,000 per year.