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Where there’s smoke … The financial records, which included credit card statements, receipts and travel expense logs obtained by the Democrat and Chronicle under an open records request, reveal Damelio frequented smoke shops several times a month and sometimes, while visiting other cities,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], multiple times in a single day. During one day in New York City in May, Damelio spent $164 at premier tobacconist Barclay-Rex, $110 at OK Cigars, a cigar shop and art gallery in SoHo, and $130 at Florio’s, a Little Italy restaurant and cigar lounge.
On a trip to San Antonio, Texas, in September 2009, records show Damelio dropped $124 at Club Humidor,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a tobacconist,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], before noon and another $136 at the same place barely four hours later. A month earlier, in August 2009, the airport paid $512 for meetings Damelio attended at three different New York City smoke shops over two days. In an interview, Damelio acknowledged the charges may appear peculiar to some but said they were essential to airport business �D an airport that is smoke-free. The cigar parlor atmosphere appeals to his guests, Damelio said,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], adding that his knowledge of cigars enables him to be an effective host.
He said he spends upward of $20 per cigar. None of the receipts were itemized, making it impossible to identify what was purchased. But cigars in the $20 range include classes of Cohibas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Macanudos and La Gloria Cubanas. “Am I in an environment that is comfortable for me? Absolutely. But I like to show them, ‘Hey, I know this,’ and I can give them a good quality cigar,” Damelio said. “I want them comfortable, and I want to be the one who knows the most. I’m looking for any upper hand that I can get.” The purchases are not limited to business trips.
Records show Damelio charged $6,681 on 50 visits to the Havana House,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a Penfield tobacco shop with smoking lounge, over the last three years. Most of the smoke shop stops were recorded in expense reports as the venue for meetings with airline representatives, travel agents for area companies and consultants. But many were not logged, some had no accompanying receipts, and those that were logged provided no specifics on the meeting subject or its attendees. A typical expense entry, logged in July, listed a $106 charge at Dewey Avenue Smoke Shop in Rochester as “Airline Rep Meeting.”
Damelio explained that he avoids details in his expense logs to protect the privacy of his guests. Under the state’s Freedom of Information Law, the records could be obtained by airline industry insiders looking for an advantage over their competitors. Asked whether the county would tolerate any other employee expensing tobacco and holding meetings at smoke shops, county spokesman Noah Lebowitz said the locale made little difference. “If the venue is conducive to holding a productive meeting, and of course within reason is an appropriate venue for a professional conversation, then we would not take issue with the expenditure,” Lebowitz said.