More on Rudy’s last days
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- January
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Eun Kyung Kim of Gannett News Service traveled with the Giuliani campaign during its final days leading up to the Florida primary, when some of the campaign staff reportedly agreed to forego their salaries.
However, Kim noted that despite the campaign’s reported financial woes, the mayor apparently didn’t feel compelled to pinch pennies when it came to transportation or lodging.
Giuliani chartered two buses for his campaign staff and the press corps following him. He also chartered a private plane to fly him to rallies, even for ridiculously short trips like the one between Sarasota and Fort Myers, roughly 65 miles.
Giuliani ended each night in a swank hotel. In Orlando, he stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel and, two evenings later on the night of the primary, at Portofino Bay, a Tuscan-villa themed resort complete with cobblestone sidewalks.
But perhaps the place that impressed reporters the most was Le Meridian, in Sunny Isles Beach, outside Miami. This hotel not only provided ocean views but each suite had a kitchen. Several included a washer/dryer unit. One reporter told Kim his suite was bigger than his own apartment back here in D.C.
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