Someone has some ‘splaining to do…
New Lenox Mayor Michael Smith has a more of a problem than he thinks. In this post I pointed out his rather hysterical problem that he spent $1,462 in one night at a strip club on the New Lenox town credit card.
Mr. Smith didn’t quite come clean though when asked about the situation. I mean, given he wrote the reimbursement check from his and his wife’s account for $3,244 it was probably bad enough that he spent half of that at a strip club.
But that isn’t the whole story. The Trib reported:
A total of $1,300 was charged March 11. It’s listed under Chicago Food & Beverage, but Smith said he couldn’t recall the precise name of the restaurant.
If one were to call the VIP Club at 312-644-7400 (not work suitable if you are slow) and ask them how charges on your card appear if you were to take clients there, the answer is that for the admission fee and drinks, it appears as VIP Club. However, if you purchase what is described as ‘house cash’, it is charged as Chicago Food & Beverage. Hence, a nice round $1,300 on the New Lenox account.
So he spent a nice 2,762 at the VIP Club overnight on March 10-11. I hope someone got laid for that much. Not that I’m promoting prostitution, but for goodness sakes, if you are going to drop $2,700 in a few hours, someone should have gotten more than a dry hump or they are really pitiful.
Mr. Smith lied to the Trib, probably the other town officials and almost certainly to his wife.
To add more fun to the pot, it appears that El Geraldo’s office is saying that Smith was never actually the Campaign Chair. Let us remember that Smith gave the welcome at El Geraldo’s campaign kick off and was identified by the Home Town Morris Daily Herald as campaign chair. Unfortunate.
While I normally don’t care much, if the regular media picks up on this–I want some acknowledgement on this one. I at least have to explain to the wife why I’m calling strip clubs late at night.
Crossposted at Illinoize