Rotten Rudy Giuliani Billed Agencies for Hampton Trips and Getaways

What a gross waste of taxpayers money. Billing obscure agencies for apparently trumped-up trips as he pursued his extra-marital love interest--does that make you unfit to be President? I'm not sure. But it sure betrays a sense of entitlement and a willingness to abuse both the public and private trust in a manner that waves huge red flags about his character. America ignores these red flags at its own risk.

The Politico: Giuliani billed obscure agencies for trips:
By: Ben Smith
Updated: November 29, 2007 07:43 AM EST

As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.

The documents, obtained by Politico under New York’s Freedom of Information Law, show that the mayoral costs had nothing to do with the functions of the little-known city offices that defrayed his tabs, including agencies responsible for regulating loft apartments, aiding the disabled and providing lawyers for indigent defendants.

At the time, the mayor’s office refused to explain the accounting to city auditors, citing “security.”

The Hamptons visits resulted in hotel, gas and other costs for Giuliani’s New York Police Department security detail.