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David Damelio, director of the Greater Rochester International Airport, enjoys a good cigar ― and has charged thousands of dollars worth of them to the county-run airport in the name of business development. Financial records for the Monroe County Airport Authority, the agency that oversees the airport,cheap marlboro cigarettes, show that the authority footed the bill for $21,marlboro cigarettes supplier,746 that Damelio spent on cigars, bars and restaurants catering to cigar smokers, and other tobacco-related products in Rochester and cities around the country since January 2008.
The charges included $16,733 on 120 visits to smoke shops that do not sell food or alcohol that could have run up the tab, and were among more than $120,000 spent on business meetings at local restaurants and bars, and travel for Damelio and other airport personnel, including air fare, meals, hotels, and private car services. The authority, one of hundreds of quasi-governmental public benefit corporations across the state that have been the subject of numerous reform efforts aimed at increasing accountability, is not subsidized by taxpayers but acts as an arm of county government and its monies are considered public funds.
Underscoring the bond between the authority and Monroe County are that the county executive appoints seven people to the nine-member authority board, the county attorney and finance director serve as secretary and treasurer by statute,newport cigarettes, and the authority has no employees. All airport workers, including Damelio, are employed by the county. His salary is $102,000. Damelio, a cigar hobbyist, and most authority board members defended the tobacco charges as justifiable, but administrators at the state agency that monitors public authorities expressed strong reservations about them.
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