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$7 per cup
John Patrick Carney · 2014 Carney campaign television ad attacking Auditor Dave Yost's office spending · September 29, 2014 · Race: Auditor of State of Ohio
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rated false/misleading -- the $7,000 figure was Yost's own request to the state Controlling Board covering two days of "coffee breaks," not a per-cup price, and the conference served $3 bottles of soda with the tab covered by registration fees
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Context
The ad characterized a 2012 fraud-and-waste conference Yost's office hosted as costing $7 per cup for roughly 1,000 cups of coffee.
Topics: Government spending.
Other claims by John Patrick Carney
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Sources
- CityBeat: No Endorsement for Ohio Auditor · Cincinnati CityBeat · 2014-10-29 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Audit search · Ohio Auditor of State · accessed 2026-10-15
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