DC Mayor's taxpayer-funded trip to ritzy The Masters golf tourney called an 'economic development visit’

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Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to the Masters using city funds, with the trip part of a business plan to 'promote sports and economic development.'

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser apparently traveled to the ritzy Masters golf tournament on the taxpayer's dime – writing off the expense as a business opportunity to 'promote sports and economic development' in the nation's capital. Professional golf's major event The Master's in Augusta, Georgia is more than 500 miles from Washington, D.C.

' MAYOR BOWSER DIRECTLY ASKED IF PEOPLE SHOULD ‘FEEL SAFE’ IN DC: ‘WHAT’S THE PLAN?' SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER SPOTTED AT DALLAS DIVE BAR AFTER WINNING 2024 MASTERS A spokesperson confirmed to DC News Now that the airline flights to and from Augusta, Georgia, were paid with city funds, though the cost of the flights was not released.

 

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