Arnold
09-25-2008, 08:19 PM
With a $15.2B deficit, California lawmakers still get $220,000 in gas and cars at taxpayer expense...oh and they don't have to submit expense form to be held accountable. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893010/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/california_seal.jpgAP - Sept. 25, 2008
This perk should be terminated!!! -- Ed.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers enjoy a perk not available to their colleagues in any other state: unchecked use of gasoline charge cards that stick taxpayers with the bill.
Through the first seven months of the year, California taxpayers have spent $220,000 to pay for lawmakers' gasoline, according to a review of records requested by The Associated Press. That includes July, when lawmakers already were past their deadline to approve a budget and the state faced a $15.2 billion deficit.
California is unique in giving legislators free rein on transportation spending, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In most other states, lawmakers must submit the same kind of mileage-expense forms used by companies to reimburse employees for their business travel… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893010/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/california_seal.jpgAP - Sept. 25, 2008
This perk should be terminated!!! -- Ed.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers enjoy a perk not available to their colleagues in any other state: unchecked use of gasoline charge cards that stick taxpayers with the bill.
Through the first seven months of the year, California taxpayers have spent $220,000 to pay for lawmakers' gasoline, according to a review of records requested by The Associated Press. That includes July, when lawmakers already were past their deadline to approve a budget and the state faced a $15.2 billion deficit.
California is unique in giving legislators free rein on transportation spending, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In most other states, lawmakers must submit the same kind of mileage-expense forms used by companies to reimburse employees for their business travel… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893010/