These are dark days.
BeachGrit is fastidiously apolitical. Who needs more knee-jerk leftism or dark incel-flavored misogyny? I mean, besides the staffs of Venice-adjacent’s own The Inertia and Stab? Not you, that’s for sure, and it is both why I love you so and how I trust you to understand the following story in its true context.
Very quickly, it was revealed today that Duncan Hunter, a Republican congressman representing San Diego, was indicted for using campaign funds for family personal expenses. And let us turn to the Failing New York Magazine for more.
One of the first two congressmen to endorse Donald Trump for president was Chris Collins of New York, who recently ended his reelection campaign after being indicted on insider-trading charges. The other was California’s Duncan Hunter, who was today indicted along with his wife for using hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign funds for personal use. This really hasn’t been a good day for the president.
The indictment wasn’t a total surprise: Hunter has been under investigation by the Justice Department for misuse of campaign funds for more than two years. But the actual indictment shows malfeasance at an epic level, as CNN reports:
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in unusual charges on Hunter’s campaign credit card had come under scrutiny, including among other things, an Italian vacation, dental work, purchases at a surf shop, and huge tabs at bars in restaurants in the San Diego and Washington, DC, areas. Among the most mocked charges was airfare for a pet rabbit to fly with the family, which an aide said was mistakenly charged to the wrong credit card.
So, the only thing I’m seeing here, and believe the only thing you’re seeing as well is, “…purchases at a surf shop…”
The man could have gone anywhere for his surf needs, let’s be honest. He could have gone to Amazon or Amazon or even Amazon Prime. But he did not. He went to a surf shop thereby infusing our industry with much needed cash.
I seriously can’t believe the hypocrisy. W bails out the banks to the tune of 7 trillion dollars and Obummer adds billions more through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act but one brave man tries to save the surf industry and he is put on a rail?
These are dark days. Dark dark days.
#FreeDuncan
#FreeWaxWithPurchase
#FreeStickersForTheKids
I tell you what, the second I run for office I am going to spend every last campaign dollar at Hansen’s in Encinitas.
You guys missed part of the story on the Ricardo Koxa 80 foot wave BS. The video was mislabeled by someone at WSL. Not only was it old it was a different surfer altogether. https://magicseaweed.com/ne… Seems like a Brodie Carr moment if there ever was one (ASP fall guy for Slats non-title at Ocean Beach not enough points debacle)
When surf shops started charging tax on wax was the beginning of the end of the surf shop. Chas there is your next book.
Tax on Wax: The End of the Surf Shop.
Fuck I’m paying 2.35 for sticky bumps just so I don’t have to go on the Godamn mailing list of a shop named after something a ninja turtle yelled. These are facts. I need to get out of Florida.
Drudge Grit
goog’s took me straight to their home page. I wounder what these people consider a huge bar tab?. personally i cringe at anything over 50-60 bucks mostly cuz Im working class white trash from the barrio’s of Oxnard.
Many Are Getting Arrested. Not a bad day for knee jerk leftists such as myself.
My personal favorite from the indictment: 116) On or about March 20, 2015, when DUNCAN HUNTER told MARGARET HUNTER that he was planning “to buy my Hawaii shorts” but had run out of money, she counseled him to buy the shorts at a golf pro shop so that they could falsely describe the purchase later as “some [golf] balls for the wounded warriors.”
Hypocrisy is fun!
Fake News!!!
Duncan is all east county bro, prerunner rangers, Metal Militia, and Slayer.
And who’s the nerd with tha chick from pure platinum?
…and go they did.
“Among the most mocked charges was airfare for a pet rabbit to fly
with the family, which an aide said was mistakenly charged to the wrong
credit card.”
Yes, the rabbit’s credit card should have been charged. Shit happens.
Aagh when you’re rorting government money and you’re so high you think it’s a good idea to buy your bunny rabbit a plane ticket and nobody will notice. That’s living.
I saw him at Surfride in Solana Beach. He was buying Sector 9 boards and some Crocs.
He definitely purchased a SUP! I’ll bet my god fearing, pussy grabbing republican hands on it!
I was going to the Hansen link but then a Amazon ad popped up and I couldn’t get out of it. So I bought 3 leashes and a pair of dungarees.
PacSun is popping up for me. I guess google knows I’m core.
I’m getting ads for MCD, I think google knows I should fuck off back a quarter century in a time machine.
MCD? I still have a MCD chain wallet of all things. Someone thought it was a good idea to get it for me. I of course took the chain off and use it as a change purse for laundry.
Did you keep the chain? And use it to discipline the errant machines?
(Old Kook: sweating heavily and red-faced as he repeatedly thrashes laundromat appliance with wallet chain.)
GOD-DAM DRY-ER GIVE ME BACK MY FUH-KEN SOCK!!!
I actually do still have the chain. Why? Guess I’m a bit of a hoarder. I see it in the junk drawer every couple years when I’m looking for something else. Hmmmmm, maybe I’ll attach the chain back to the wallet and wear it to check the waves or something. See if I can make Kook of the Day.
God bless you.