Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser ( D) apparently attended the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, over the weekend, using taxpayer funds for the trip.
Her people notice stated that as part of a gymnastics and economic growth visit, Mayor Bowser will go to Augusta, Georgia on Saturday April 13. ”
The fact that the event took place more than 500 miles from D.C. was highlighted in a Fox News statement on Thursday. C.
The exit continued:
Although the cost of the planes was not disclosed, a spokesperson for the flight confirmed to DC News Now that the flight paid for them with city funds to Augusta, Georgia.
Bowser was contacted by Susana Castillo, Bowser’s communications director, on Monday evening, to confirm that the leader of a new town task force, Susana Castillo, had been invited to the competition. ”
In November, Bowser declared a public disaster in D. C. due to a surge in adolescent violence and opioid mortality, according to Breitbart News:
Murder soared in 2022 after U. S. Matthew Graves, the District of Columbia counsel, refrained. to indict 67 percent of those arrested. In turn , 222 legal deaths occurred in 2023, a 35 cent increase from the same time in 2022, according to police records. The district eclipsed 200 killings the earliest time since the late 1990s, on August 12.
D. C. now ranks 173 in safety on a list of 182 National places, sinking from 168 last year, according to a study released in October by Wallet Hub.
According to an NBC News statement from February, D. C. experienced a 39 cent surge in violent crime. Local officials have been the target of accusations from police union leaders.
“We’re little 500 police officials. It puts us all in danger, ” one official told writers:
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Even important to note is that D. C. spent over$ 270,000 of taxpayers ’ money to repaint Black Lives Matter Plaza after the city ’s leadership slashed the police department’s 2023 budget, Breitbart News reported in November.
