By Jill Kasparie
Monday, February 11, 2008 at 6:29 p.m.
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OTTUMWA -- An Ottumwa business is demanding answers from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Back on New Years Eve, hundreds of people filled a room at the Hotel Ottumwa to see former president Bill Clinton. He was campaigning on behalf of his wife before the Iowa caucuses.
Even though the former president was a no-show, the campaign still had to pay for the event, but they haven't yet. The Hotel Ottumwa is sitting on an overdue bill for more than $9,000 dollars.
Hotel Owner, Tim Schwartz, said hotel management and campaign officials agreed that the Hotel Ottumwa would receive compensation for the big event that same night with a credit card. No credit card was given and the event, which was more than five weeks ago.
"The first fax was sent January 3 to the Clinton staff and there's been numerous contacts through fax and e-mail, subsequent to that without any response, no call back or response at all," Schwartz said.
KTVO sent an e-mail today about the situation to Clinton campaign staff and this is the response KTVO received from a staff person...
"We just received the invoice here at out offices recently, and like with any business, we pay our bills on a regular cycle. This bill will be paid in the coming days."
The hotel owner said that the plan to pay the bill was news to him, and he hopes the payment will, in fact, come in the next few days.
