A man who long served in the presidential campaign for Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election is travelling to his home town of Hastings to talk about what he describes as perks given to the president at taxpayers’ expense.

Robert Keith Gray claims the spending on presidential chefs, personal aids and other “perks” grow with every administration.

Gray will be speaking Friday at noon at the Gray Center for Communications Arts at Hastings College.

Gray is originally from Hastings and spend many years working as a Washington lobbyist and public relations specialist. Gray also served as a deputy director of the reason-Bush presidential campaign.