The article attacks Obama but praises McCain over Obama's recent visit to Newport News, Va. Obama visited about a week or so ago and it was NOT carried live on local tv. McCain visits Virginia Beach this past week and all local stations interupted local programming to carry his event LIVE. Now, after almost 2 weeks later, the "Daily Press" publishes a FRONT PAGE article attacking Obama and praising McCain over their recent visits.
The headline on the frontpage of the newspaper reads as follows Big price tag for Obama rally
The entire article attacks Obama because his rally meant the city having to pay its employees for overtime......
Two weeks ago, Barack Obama stopped in Newport News, attracting about 18,000 people to downtown, packing Victory Landing Park and infusing a depressed neighborhood with excitement not often seen there.
But once all the hustle and bustle settled and the last campaign signs and buttons were swept out of the park, the event came with a $20,000 to $30,000 price tag for Newport News for additional security for Obama, most of it for overtime for the city's public safety employees such as police officers.
In light of the recent economic gloom and doom, some city officials wondered whether the city could recoup some dollars from the campaign.
The answer: Hardly. The Obama campaign reimbursed the city for $4,693 worth of bottled drinking water for the crowd. That surprised at least one council member. "I am just looking for money," Councilwoman Madeline McMillan said.
It's unlikely that the city will go back to the Obama campaign to ask for more money. "We never indicated we would charge for security," Morgan said. "We provided the support like we always have."
That was the description of the OBama rally compared to this descriptioin for the McCain/Palin rally.........
To compare, the McCain-Palin rally Monday turned into a moneymaker for Virginia Beach primarily because that city — more than double the size of Newport News — used a convention center for the venue, instead of a city park, and it has a larger police department. The McCain campaign rented the entire four halls of the center. Standard rent for the space: about $20,000.
"It generated revenues," said Courtney Dyer, general manager of the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
online article here http://www.dailypress.com/...