Post by pavel on Apr 14, 2016 4:00:20 GMT -6
After marital fight, Gov. Robert Bentley had law enforcement fetch wallet with state helicopter
On the day after Christmas, 2014, a state helicopter left Montgomery for Tuscaloosa with a mission — to retrieve the wallet of Gov. Robert Bentley and deliver it to him in Gulf Shores.
According to flight logs, that helicopter, which belonged to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, would spend four hours in the air making the round trip to the governor's home, to the coast and back again — a flight that would potentially cost thousands of dollars if done by a private charter service.
It all began with a fight the governor had with his wife.
On Tuesday, the political blog Yellowhammer News reported that Bentley had stormed out of his Tuscaloosa home after an argument with then-First Lady Dianne Bentley. From there he left to his beach home in Gulf Shores, only to realize he'd left his wallet behind when he arrived. Bentley then contacted his dignitary protection detail to have them deliver his wallet to him.
That account is more or less consistent with what sources had relayed in recent weeks to AL.com. Those sources also requested anonymity for fear of personal or professional reprisals.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/04/after_marital_fight_gov_robert.html
On the day after Christmas, 2014, a state helicopter left Montgomery for Tuscaloosa with a mission — to retrieve the wallet of Gov. Robert Bentley and deliver it to him in Gulf Shores.
According to flight logs, that helicopter, which belonged to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, would spend four hours in the air making the round trip to the governor's home, to the coast and back again — a flight that would potentially cost thousands of dollars if done by a private charter service.
It all began with a fight the governor had with his wife.
On Tuesday, the political blog Yellowhammer News reported that Bentley had stormed out of his Tuscaloosa home after an argument with then-First Lady Dianne Bentley. From there he left to his beach home in Gulf Shores, only to realize he'd left his wallet behind when he arrived. Bentley then contacted his dignitary protection detail to have them deliver his wallet to him.
That account is more or less consistent with what sources had relayed in recent weeks to AL.com. Those sources also requested anonymity for fear of personal or professional reprisals.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/04/after_marital_fight_gov_robert.html