$11,000 Party
Re “Party Bill Paid by Child Welfare Agency Questioned,” June 29: Am I missing something? Did Peter Digre, the outgoing director of the Department of Children and Family Services, really rationalize an $11,000 expenditure for a quinceanera that featured a “no-host bar” and did he then say that quinceaneras, elaborate 15th birthday parties that traditionally celebrate a girl’s entry into womanhood, were “among the best events I have ever seen that have a very positive and enriching impact on our foster children”?
I don’t even think the liquor lobby would support the idea of a no-host bar at a quinceanera as having an enriching impact on foster children.
JOSEPH DENKER
Studio City
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