Brian Baird: A Junket Junky?
Politics by Nansen on August 18th, 2009 with No Comments so far.It’s been a rough few news weeks for 3rd C.D. Brian Baird. Tomorrow, he goes on with Lars Larson to do a radio town hall, which he reluctantly agreed to after weathering several days of negative press.
Ahead of what’s sure to be a debut wrought with fireworks, I thought it fair to review some of the junketeering Representative Baird has been accused of recently.
In comparison to his reluctance to hold town halls–and his associated reprehensible comments–Baird’s travel to far-flung exotic destinations has encountered relatively far less outrage. Still, his jet-setting has garnered him as much, if not more, time in the national limelight.
Scientific Fact-Finding or Fleecing Taxpayers?
Politics by Andrew on July 3rd, 2009 with 1 Comment so far.Congressman Brian Baird represents Washington State’s 3rd Congressional District, which along the I-5 corridor, runs basically from Olympia to Vancouver.
Normally one to keep a low profile, this week, Baird drew national attention. And not the kind of attention that a candidate running for re-election in times of financial hardship for taxpayers wants to have.
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (“Congress’s Travel Tab Swells“), Baird made the cut for Congressman who took questionable trips on the taxpayer dime:
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