I notice the South Dakota GOP is holding its three-day convention at the Monument in Rapid City June 25–27. The SDGOP’s convention registration page emphasizes that the Monument doesn’t allow any outside food or drink, so participants can’t pack a few sandwiches or apples or granola bars in their backpacks to power through the committee meetings.
So how much will it cost for delegates to sustain themselves on event center meals for three days of action-packed Republicanizing?
Three days, six meals—$198. Bring a friend, and you’ll spend nearly $400 to eat with the elephants on site at convention.
I suppose that’s just the price of doing business at South Dakota’s premier event centers… but I still can’t get myself to spend $62 on a meal anywhere, on any occasion… especially not when I could walk across the park and down the street to the Firehouse Brewing Company and eat for a third of that cost.