The heat is on Assembly Republicans Floor Leader Heath Flora, R-Ripon, after the right-leaning California Globe published a piece Wednesday spotlighting his “frat office” environment and pricey fundraising events at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. Globe Editor-in-Chief Katy Grimes took Flora to task for having a pool table and possibly a dart board in his office, as well as spending tens of thousands of dollars from a ballot initiative committee to fund raise at Churchill Downs.
According to campaign finance documents, Flora spent more than $65,000 on derby-related travel, lodging, meals, tickets and beverages in 2023 and more than $41,000 in 2022. “The Frat boy Pub office pool table and dart board is questionable judgment — but the ‘fundraising’ trips (for a ballot initiative) to the Kentucky Derby appear rather dubious,” Grimes wrote.
