Cindy's Mom
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- Joined
- Jan 16, 2005
That is insane. Is he meeting with people who consider themselves to be "at that level" or are they just taking full advantage of their company policies? If it's the former, his company should recognize that fact and up his allowance, if the dinners are mandatory. If it's the latter, well, I'd be suggesting less expensive restaurants if it were me.
Sounds like maybe a public employee. Many times our Chiefs of Staff and General Counsels have to dine with CEO's and such. Its against the law to have them accept a dinner over a certain dollar amount and unfortunately, when you're trying to woo someone to do business with your state, Longhorn just isn't going to cut it, so the public employee just pays out of pocket. We do have a form that you can request a special exemptions, but the hoops and signatures required are ridiculous. That's my guess....