Is it business or pleasure? Trustees of Medical University of South Carolina expensive splurges

[TexasTowelie]

Last edited Fri Aug 26, 2016, 10:48 AM - Edit history (1)

A $160 bottle of Barolo, Italy's fabled “king of wines.”

A $6,400 farewell dinner at Peninsula Grill, described by one restaurant reviewer as “unapologetically indulgent.”

A $37,430 Christmas banquet, including $5,600 for cocktails, at Charleston Place, one of the Holy City's top luxury hotels.

These are some of the perks that members of the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina enjoy when they gather in Charleston for six or so meetings a year.

Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/20160826/160829697/musc-board-members-rack-up-thousands-on-luxury-hotels-meals

[unc70]

1. OP title has wrong state -- it is SC, not NC

We have enough problems of our own in NC, but this one is about South Carolina.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Oops, I'll get that corrected.

Thanks for pointing it out to me.