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Carolinians helping pay for inaugural |
WASHINGTON — Daniel Jacobs says he thinks it’s going to be “a little crazy” in Washington when he takes his wife and three young children to Barack Obama’s inauguration, but he’s looking forward to it anyway.To help out, the Charlotte mortgage broker sent $500 to the Presidential Inaugural Committee to help defray the cost of the event.“They’re expecting so many more people there,” Jacobs said of crowd predictions topping 4 million people. “If we’re expecting proper facilities, security and everything else, their budget would end up being higher than the normal inaugural budget.”Dozens of N.C. residents have contributed to help with the costs of Obama’s transition and inauguration. Forty N.C. residents contributed $17,625 in donations ranging from $25 to the maximum $5,000 to finance the presidential transition team. The money is used to pay expenses while Obama and his staff set up his Cabinet and make plans for how to run each agency.Ten people from South Carolina who gave $2,875 also were among the nearly 1,800 people nationwide who contributed $1.17 million to the transition office as of Nov. 15, according to a report released by Obama earlier this month.
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