I don't even know what to say about this one. $100,000 was recently found in a couch sold at a yard sale. A few months ago, the couch belonged to U.S. Rep Marsha Blackburn (from Williamson County, TN) before she remodeled her office and gave the couch to a charity.
According to the Nashville Scene, Blackburn, the Republican who represents the 7th Congressional District, has recently amended years of Federal Election Commission filings and admitted that her office failed to report more than $250,000 in campaign spending and just over $100,000 in donations.
I'm just kind of surprised that the people who sold the couch didn't find it first. They didn't turn over the cushions, ever?
The guys who found the money had their priorities straight. They went to the store and bought a few cases of beer before they invested it in mutual funds.
In a quote from Blackburn, while at a "Guns not Gays" picnic, she said “So that’s where that money went! We’ve just been tearing our hair out about it. Hundred-thousand here, hundred-thousand there—it’s just too easy for money to go astray.”
At least she's being nice and not requesting to have the money back!
2 comments:
What a respectable woman!
The people who bought the couch were LITERALLY sitting on a mountain of gold.
BTW, best I ever did finding something of value between the cushions was my keys!
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