You were hoping for a local angle on Balloon Dad’s replacement atop the national gossip sheets–okay, maybe you weren’t, but nevertheless the Aspen Times reports:
New Castle rancher Barry Stout can now say he has something in common with President Obama, and it has nothing to do with the war in Afghanistan or the health care debate.
Like Obama, it’s doubtful Stout will be inviting Michaele and Tareq Salahi over for dinner any time soon. Not after the couple, who’ve earned the dubious distinction as the “White House party crashers,” allegedly stiffed Stout to the tune of $19,500 for their entry into last year’s World Snow Polo Championship, held Dec. 20-21, 2008, in Aspen.
“They kind of put me in the starve mode,” said Stout, who runs the Roaring Fork Polo Club, which played host to the event. The event returns to Aspen’s Wagner Park Dec. 17-20…
Stout said the couple put down a $3,000 deposit that went toward the tournament’s $22,500 entry fee. He said he allowed the Salahis’ Team Land Rover to participate in the event because he needed a fourth team.
Tareq Salahi was a member of Team Land Rover, while his wife helped organize the team. The couple apparently made the most of their Aspen visit, receiving a complimentary stay at The St. Regis Resort Aspen, rubbing elbows with the likes of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and posing for party pictures all over town… [Pols emphasis]
Stout said he has given up on collecting the debt.
“I realize that just from the way they were doing business that it would be a waste of time to sue them,” he said. “I’m sure we could get a judgment, but then we’d have to try and collect the money.”
Stout said he was not surprised when the Salahi couple’s White House appearance made headlines last week.
“They are publicity seekers, and it doesn’t surprise me a bit,” he said. “I hope they prosecute them.”
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to the Congressional Black Caucus dinner, sat at the $20 grand table and were “escorted” out but of course, not before, they had their picture taken.
These people define the term “publicity whores.”
It wouldn’t be getting coverage if we weren’t fascinated by the depths to which people will sink to get their faces on TV or make a buck.
Maybe things like these people and Richard Heene will teach people to stop slurping at the trough of mediocrity. Somehow I doubt it though.
…they refuse to use their real names. Tim Farley of POTUS is calling them the Voldermorts.
And a great quote today on the same channel: “Congress is going to hold hearings on whether someone was invited to a party?”
Follow the money. These two have a long record of fraud and failed businesses just to hob knob with the democrat elites. I wonder why they were invited to the state dinner or did they invite themselves? Speaking of gatecrashers, there are a lot of holiday this month. Kwanzaa is one of the three main end of the year holidays, along with Christmas and Hanukkah, and searches for “Kwanzaa 2009” on Google Trends indicate that some people are wondering when it occurs. Those unfamiliar shall now be illuminated. Kwanzaa is celebrated from the 26th of December to January 1st, every year – the dates of the observance never vary, as Hanukkah’s do. Hanukkah varies by year due to the Hebrew Calendar, but we’ll get into that later. So if you are curious about some other holidays, there’s plenty of information available, and you won’t need payday loans for an encyclopedia.