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Originally Posted by Butterfly  it's safe to say that most Republicans are closet homos, so every time they get outed it's time to celebrate, like finding and squashing a lone cockroach in a kitchen floor
Awesome | Has this guy been mentioned yet? Quote: Taxpayers Paid For Trip That Led To Gay Scandal
Posted: November 28, 2007 - 5:00 pm ET
(Olympia, Washington) Washington state taxpayers are on the hook for the trip that former Rep. Richard Curtis took to Spokane where he became embroiled in a gay sex scandal.
Curtis was supposed to be in Spokane for a 3-day October planning retreat for Republican state lawmakers.
State records show that the Washington House of Representatives paid Curtis $800 to cover his mileage, hotel stay and daily expenses.
Last month Seattle police unsealed a search warrant showing Curtis went to police alleging he was being blackmailed by a man he had picked up and taken back to the hotel room for sex. (story)
The warrant said that Curtis met Cody Castagna at a Spokane adult video store and brought him back to his hotel.
Following sex Curtis fell asleep. When he awoke his wallet was missing.
The warrant claims that later the man contacted Curtis and said he would return the wallet for $1000.
Curtis claimed he had only $200 and left the money in an envelope at the front desk of the hotel for the man to pick up.
The man is later alleged to have called Curtis again demanding an additional $800 or he would go to Curtis' wife.
Curtis then went to police.
Castagna claimed that Curtis had met him at the Hollywood Erotic Boutique and offered him $1,000 in exchange for sex.
Following sex, Castagna claims, Curtis told him he did not have the $1000 on him and gave his wallet as collateral.
As the scandal became public Curtis resigned from the Legislature. (story)
After Curtis submitted his bills the House's chief clerk, Barbara Baker, carefully went over the expenses to see if the state was required to pay.
But Barbara Baker says she could not find justification for refusing to issue Curtis a check.
Baker said that Curtis attended all the meetings he was supposed to. None of the expense money, as closely as she could determine, had gone to paying for his tryst. and the incident had occurred on his own time.
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