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Estimated inaugural expenses for Maya Dillard-Smith, director of the Oakland, Calif., mayor's domestic violence program; her boyfriend, who owns a small construction company; and their daughters, Makayla, 13, Micah, 3, and Mariah, 1:
$2,500: week's rental of a house
in Fort Washington.
$2,250: tickets for four balls, two parties.
$1,950: airfare and car rental.
$1,000: food.
$1,000: kids' winter clothes and coats.
$1,000: Dad's tux, overcoat,
accessories.
$700: Maya's two gowns, wrap
and shoes.
$300: hair, manicures, pedicures.
Total: $10,700
SOURCE: Maya Dillard-Smith
