MenuPirate:Miami

According to CBS 4 , Miami’s City Attorney has been dining all over town on the City’s Dime…

The Miami City Attorney routinely submitted batches of meal tabs for reimbursement, with only a cover letter saying they are expenses, in his words, “that ” have determined are necessary in the performance of my duties.”

Fernandez has performed unspecified duties at La Casita in Coral Gables; a $184 lunch tab on one occasion, a $155 lunch on another.

At the Mambo Cafe, Fernandez expensed a $400 meal; a note on the check says “Christmas party.”

Lunch at Larios cost taxpayers $254, and at New York’s Sparks Steakhouse, Fernandez ran up a $530 tab and asked taxpayers to pay.

Man , would I love to be on the Attorney’s staff for some of these lunches. The guy hits up some quality places; La Casita on SW 8th Street and 38 Ave stands out in a the sea of Cuban Food on Calle Ocho and his $1,500 excursion to Key Biscayne’s Landmark Rusty Pelican must have been one awesome meeting.

But I think Mr. Fernandez is missing the point of public office, your supposed to book meetings where the OTHER party whips out the Corporate AMEX.