The cost being $170,000 in taxpayer money to junket the Easleys around Italy in a chauffeured Mercedes S-Class.
The N&O has more nauseating details on the trip, which of course was completely necessary to help “recruit” Italian business to North Carolina.
I wonder if Mike Easley visited Dovia di Predappio, birthplace of Benito Mussolini. Mussolini is buried in small crypt there. It would’ve been fitting for Easley to pay his respects to his fellow fascist leader.
Bonus Observation: Can I call Mike Easley a fascist without a charge of being full of venom, anger, and rage by NC’s power-worshipping “progressives?” Let’s find out.
Bonus Bonus Observation: A quick and dirty google produces no sign that the Easleys visit produced a ripple in Italy. Can the governor’s office produce any clips from the Italian media which covered the visit? Someone did cover this official state visit, correct?
