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Old 05-06-2008, 18:42   #5
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Re: Ex-Mayor in charity storm.

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod View Post
Not sure about this; the charities actually made the donation themselves, and then he gave the money back to them with an extra 10 % on top.
Surely he can only really claim to have raised the 10% as the rest was only a "loan " in effect?
Sounds like a con job to me. (no pun intended)
They weren't all charities though, some were schools that raised money for him.

It did seem a little odd asking for money from charities. Perhaps that's what all the fuss is about.
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