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Article: Gov spends, preaches save.(News)
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- The Boston Herald
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- October 8, 2008
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Byline: DAVE WEDGE
Gov. Deval Patrick may be tightening the state's belt, but fiscal restraint has yet to hit his campaign account, where pricey hotel rooms and meals remain routine business, a Herald review found.
The governor racked up more than $22,000 on his campaign credit card this summer, jetting around the country for political events, including the Democratic National Convention in Denver and a Chicago confab with Barack Obama, records show.
Among his expenses were:
** $1,160 for two rooms at the stately Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia for a July National Governors Association meeting;
** $636 for two rooms at the AAA four ...