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Article: HALF OF ROMER'S TIME SPENT OUT OF STATE FULL-TIME DNC JOB KEEPS GOVERNOR IN TRAVEL MODE; CRITICS SAY STATE CHEATED.(Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- February 1, 1998
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Byline: Ann Carnahan Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
Your governor was out of the state one out of every two working days in the last year - mainly because he was juggling two full-time jobs.
Roamin' Roy Romer, as someone once tagged him, completed his first full year as chairman of the Democratic National Committee just 1 1/2 weeks ago.
During that year, he made more than 50 trips to Washington, D.C., mostly on DNC business.
He flew at least 30 other times, sometimes on state business, to 18 states and spent five days with his church group in Turkey.
All told, he racked up roughly 200,000 frequent-flier miles.
So ...