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Brock Long to Reimburse $151,000

Wife to Brock, "What did you just say?"

Have you ever been out to dinner with people and offered to pick up the tab for everyone, then the bill comes and you say, "What?!" This might be the feeling that Brock Long had in his stomach (no meal included) when the tab that he said he will pay was presented to him. See FEMA Head’s Unauthorized Travel Cost Taxpayers $151,000.

I'm thinking about his options:

  • Home equity line of credit
  • Six very high-limit credit cards
  • Retirement savings — taking a serious hit (taxes too!)
  • Mom, Dad, can I borrow some money?
  • Lots of beans for dinners
 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.