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In April, the utility issued an invitation for bids to repair the cover, with the cost put at $89,000.

So by the time the phone rang earlier this month with an invitation to a weeklong training camp in Florida, Anderson had stopped waiting.

The governor’s office said that the president-elect’s transition team acknowledged receipt of the invitation but had not otherwise responded.

The Harris team claimed no invitation was ever sent - something that's disputed by the Pence camp, which said a discreet offer was made.

The Saudi Arabia of MBS is too assertive for that, and an invitation to Riyadh for the president of China would make the Americans nervous.