Albuquerque refers Trump campaign bill to collection agency

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Albuquerque, N.M, referred the Trump campaign to a collection agency. The city is seeking approximately $200,000 following the president's rally in Rio Rancho in 2019. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said the bill covers security costs that stem from the former president staying in a downtown Albuquerque hotel overnight.

"We actually treated it like any other debt, and so it goes through a somewhat process where you send a bunch of letters out," Keller said. "We got no response from those letters. And then automatically, it does go to an agency that helps try and collect debts, and so that's those annoying phone calls you get that say, you know, you owe money to so-and-so like now, Trump is getting those."

Keller doesn't expect the collection agency to get money out of Trump. "Given what else has happened, I mean in terms of, even his own campaign owing money to donors and lots of shady stuff there, so unfortunately I don't really expect us to get paid," he said. "But it's important that we do, and you know, we would do it for anyone else, so he's no different."

KOB 4 reached out to the Trump campaign to find out if it plans on repaying the City of Albuquerque. The campaign replied with an email that stated the campaign is "reviewing your request."

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/city-of-albuquerque-refers-trump-campaign-bill-to-collection-agency/6083948/?cat=500

[RocRizzo55]

1. Don't expect

That grifter to pay up. As any contractor in NYC will tell you, he never will, not without a hundred lawsuits.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Deadbeat Donnie

Wish that nickname had taken hold many long years ago, when he was stiffing contractors in NYC. We might have headed off any political ambitions if people regarded him with scorn instead of admiration.

[lark]

3. WTF would any city let him in for one second without advance payment.

He never fucking pays his bills, never. He has no honor and delghts in fucking over others, even other repugs if it gives him even a tiny financial benefit. He has zero redeeming value.

[malaise]

4. You win the thread

It's that simple

[Tbear]

5. Yup

And it’s that sad too. Deadbeat Donny

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Saw Jason Klepper interview the mayor last week. Did raise the question in my mind

Did a lot of those cities incur debt because it is a normal course of business to man up crowd control, traffic control? Or did Trump actually contract with the city to do this. I ask because it doesn't sound like he would be financially liable. I know there are other circumstances out there where the campaign actually rented facilities which he didn't pay for.

Do upstanding campaigns pay cities for crowd traffic control expenses?

PS I love that they sued and I wish every single person Trump owed money to would sue