Bro, it was his own money. Not public money that he stole. He could have deposited in his account or to borrow the phrase, spent it on "bunch of hookers and cocaine." It's not public money. It it were you would be 100% right. Matter of fact, did he advertise the fact the he constructed a public road from own money, when he could have used public funds? No, that only came out after PDM raised the issue.
Ofc, he is far from perfect. No one is. There are 101 legit criticisms to be had. This is not one of those.
The appraisal was higher than that 1268 watches everyone else got. He paid 50% on them while everyone else paid 15% or less mostly. Now could the price have been higher, entirely possible. But was everything legal, and more transparent than literally everyone else's, yes.
This time, I get to say that. You said this to me in the Tim Hortons thread, I think