Larry Mendte Won’t Be Spending Like This Again
As always, Dan Gross Michael Klein had it first last night: CBS 3 news anchor Larry Mendte’s alleged snooping in former co-anchor Alycia Lane’s Yahoo e-mail account has cost him his job.
Mendte’s sudden salary drop immediately turned our minds to our September 2007 issue and his appearance in our Receipt feature, which tracks a week’s worth of spending by a notable Philadelphian. While not the most profligate spender we’ve had, the newsman’s $6,657.37 outflow puts him pretty close to the top. As you’ll see below, a goodly chunk of that total was for contributions to various investment accounts — which we hope, for his sake, have done well. But a burning question remains: With Mendte gone, who will buy milkshakes for newsroom?
DAY ONE
Toll (E-ZPass): $2, Atlantic City Expressway
Toll (E-ZPass): $.70, Garden State Parkway Exit 30
Mailing documentary to film festivals: $9.60, Ocean City post office
Extra-large iced nonfat latte: $5 (+ tip), Ocean City Coffee Co.
Two kids’ water bottles that say “Michael” and “David”: $21.38, OC Sun Hut
Extra-large iced latte and mango iced tea: $9 (+ tip), Ocean City Coffee Co.
Fruit and muffin: $7.50, Bashful Banana Bakery and Cafe
Salads, salmon, crabcakes: $45, Hula Grill
Ride tickets: $20, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier
Kiddie-size vanilla cone: $2
DAY TWO
Extra-large iced latte: $5, Ocean City Coffee Co.
Sunday donation: $50, St. Frances Cabrini Church
Sunday Inquirer and AC Press: $6 + tip, girl outside the church
Breakfast on the Boardwalk: $15 + tip, George’s
2 extra-large lattes: $9, Ocean City Coffee Co.
Pizza: $8, Mack and Manco’s
Fruit and muffins: $12, Bashful Banana Bakery and Cafe
Seafood dinners: $55, Mike’s Seafood, Sea Isle City
Gas: $65.24, Lukoil
Tolls (E-ZPass): $3, Ben Franklin Bridge
See the rest of Mendte’s (former good times) spending in our archives.
June 24th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Make sure you write the same kind of story you felt the world needed about Alycia.
Seems when she was on the gossip rounds people were ten times as mean and cruel in their comments as what Larry is getting.