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Ohio lawmakers won't let college buy $522 chairs
[March 25, 2009] COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio legislative panel has rejected Miami University's plan to spend $167,000 on office chairs after learning officials picked the priciest ones available.
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The 333 Aeron-brand chairs cost $522 each. The Controlling Board, a panel of lawmakers that oversees state spending, voted 6-1 Monday against what normally would be a routine request. Board members say they were dissatisfied with an architect's explanation for why staff and faculty needed the expensive chairs. A spokeswoman for the Oxford school didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Jay Hottinger, a Republican from Newark, was one of the lawmakers who opposed Miami's request. He reminded his colleagues on the panel that they were sitting in $2,000 leather chairs. ___ Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com/ |
