The Invitation

My invitation to Bill Bolling's inaugural festivities arrived the other day (in both paper and digital format), and two things popped out at me.

1) Why are the tickets to the Abingdon event (in Southwest Virginia, arguably one of Virginia's most impoverished areas) only $35, when ostensibly it should a cookie cutter of the other dinner affair?

2) How come Hampton Roads and the Shenandoah Valley (a GOP stronghold that still faithfully ran a 72 Hour operation like noneother, though deliberations are far from finished on the effectiveness) are being left out of this?