Two summers ago (It seems like 20) Barack Obama introduced Joe Biden as his running mate, to the delight of late-night comics throughout the world. He chose the Old State Capitol in Springfield, pictured on the right, for the occasion.At the time the Chosen One was the de facto Democratic nominee for president--and the event brought a big crowd, which means a major police presence was needed for security, traffic direction, and crowd control.
Tounge-in-cheek, an alderman in Illinois' capital city suggested earlier this that the bill for those expenses, then $68,000, be turned over to a collection agency unless the campaign paid up.
That hasn't happened, but most of the bill, $55,000, remains unpaid, the State Journal-Register is reporting.
Perhaps using a collection agency to get the Obama campaign to find their wallet isn't such a bad idea.
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Thirty hours in Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois
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