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Bill Ritter Spent $200,000 In Taxpayer Dollars On Photographers

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:05 PM ET

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DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter does not have a staff photographer - but he has billed taxpayers more than $200,000 to hire outside contractors and pay for photographs, videos and TV ads promoting his accomplishments since June 2008, including videos of him receiving a "Father of the Year" award and a press conference naming his friend, Michael Bennet, to a U.S. Senate seat.
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According to receipts and contracts obtained by The Associated Press under the Colorado Open Records Act, taxpayers paid that amount for photos of the Democratic governor signing bills and attending a lavish production for the state film commission.

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03:27 PM on 01/03/2010
If you read the entire article (which clearly most of the commentators on the Web site have not) you will see that this is normal for most states and part of running the Government, with some of these events required to be publicized. We've paid less than the average on this.
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