Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Bush Buckhead Visit Is Brief But Lucrative
Three-hour stopover nets $3.2 million from some of biggest names in business.
Bush goes to Buckhead
By TOM BAXTER, MICHAEL PEARSON-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
President George W. Bush breezed in and out of Atlanta on Monday in a four-hour, drive-time visit that netted $3.2 million from some of Georgia's biggest names in business.
To attend a dinner in Nardelli's private gym ran $15,000. To sit at the same table with the president cost $25,000 per person, the limit for donations to a Republican National Committee fund — or $50,000 per couple, according to those attending.
For the price of a small economy sedan, some 300 attendees were treated to steak, potatoes, and — according to one donor — "a medley of greens."
State GOP chairman Alec Poitevint called the event in Atlanta "perhaps the largest private fund-raiser in the history of the state of Georgia."
"Bush is here! Bush is here!" screamed 9-year-old Rachel Filsoof as she ran down the street in front of her house wearing a hat in the shape and colors of an American flag.
"Republicans are just so strong and so right," Rachel shouted before she, her brother, and their mother, Teresa, headed up the street for a closer look.
Bush goes to Buckhead
By TOM BAXTER, MICHAEL PEARSON-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
President George W. Bush breezed in and out of Atlanta on Monday in a four-hour, drive-time visit that netted $3.2 million from some of Georgia's biggest names in business.
To attend a dinner in Nardelli's private gym ran $15,000. To sit at the same table with the president cost $25,000 per person, the limit for donations to a Republican National Committee fund — or $50,000 per couple, according to those attending.
For the price of a small economy sedan, some 300 attendees were treated to steak, potatoes, and — according to one donor — "a medley of greens."
State GOP chairman Alec Poitevint called the event in Atlanta "perhaps the largest private fund-raiser in the history of the state of Georgia."
"Bush is here! Bush is here!" screamed 9-year-old Rachel Filsoof as she ran down the street in front of her house wearing a hat in the shape and colors of an American flag.
"Republicans are just so strong and so right," Rachel shouted before she, her brother, and their mother, Teresa, headed up the street for a closer look.
