Virginia’s McDonnell royal family has been charging Virginia’s taxpayers from nearly day one

Don’t look now but Gov. Bob McDonnell’s political ship has just taken another shot to its sails. Spending records from Virginia’s Executive Mansion show a hodge-podge of personal charges that McDonnell and family have charged to the mansion’s account (i.e., the taxpayers of Virginia).

I know what you’re thinking, isn’t that…yes, it’s corruption, unless Virginians are to assume Bob McDonnell and his wife have the Intelligence Quotient of a sea-shell. Now that I think about it...

According to the Washington Post, the McDonnell’s have billed Virginia taxpayers for dog vitamins 

(WTF!?), sunscreen, a digestive system “detox clense,” and body wash. But wait, it gets better. The McDonnell’s also had state employees play errand-runner for their grown children.

According to the records, the official who oversees spending at the Executive Mansion gave the McDonnell’s a ‘refresher’ on what Virginia’s taxpayers won’t foot for its occupants after only six months in the mansion. But like McDonnell’s political career, it shortly went out the window as the McDonnell’s continued to charge various personal items like vitamins, sleep-inducing concoctions, and nasal spray to the taxpayers of Virginia.

Although the disclosed records show a small tab picked up by Virginia’s taxpayers, the actions of the McDonnell’s, and in particular ‘Bob’, contribute to a general trend that has emerged regarding McDonnell’s spending patterns, or rather his tendency to let others pick up the bill.

McDonnell is still under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for accepting $15,000 in catering costs from a campaign donor for Cailin McDonnell’s wedding at the Executive Mansion in June 2011. If only we all knew supporters with such deep pockets who donate $15,000 out of the pure kindness of their hearts!

Will this latest and greatest revelation regarding McDonnell’s spending habits finally arouse the concentrated anger of the citizens of Virginia? McDonnell didn’t exactly hold up the Federal Reserve building in Richmond but he did show, once again, that he is quite comfortable handing Virginians the check. Maybe it’s the straw that finally broke the proverbial camel’s back!