"$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair?" Da fuq? There is so much I don't understand about this story:
1. Who the hell needs a dining room set in their office? Are you hosting dinner parties during work hours? Is he personally feeding the homeless and poor who need HUD? I can understand an expensive leather couch, lounge chair, fancy tea service or hell even a bar cart. But a dining room set?
2. My dream office chair is a Herman Miller Eames Executive Soft Pad, and that'll run about $3K. I can get a decent Aeron chair for $1K. I can't imagine spending more than $5,000 on a chair.
3. Why does Candy Carson have any say in purchasing decisions by HUD? Does she work in procurement, purchasing or accounts payable? I think not. I don't understand how she had any say in this.