She did such a thorough job blowing away the Michigan economy when she was governor that she fled the state to California when her term ended. Obviously biden hired her for her competence to complement his other DEI team members.
Posted on 01/10/2025 2:23:20 PM PST by Libloather
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm dropped nearly $125,000 in taxpayer money on pricey hotels and other expenses during her electric vehicle-boosting summer 2023 road trip — flanked by a gas-guzzling car — while her staff improperly exceeded their daily, federally determined allowances, according to the department’s watchdog.
Granholm’s team submitted 42 travel vouchers worth $124,824 for the taxpayer-funded tour — but 36 of the them had lodging costs valued over the government’s per diem rates to the tune of $9,487.50, the watchdog found.
Some of the travelers also received higher reimbursement amounts than they were supposed to and several travel reports had inaccurate information in them, prompting House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) to seize on the report as proof of “serious waste, fraud, and abuse.”
The inflated costs were also a direct result of the Energy Department’s chosen method of travel. There had been cheaper hotels usually within a mile or so, but Granholm’s group decided to book rooms near EV charging stations.
“Travelers could have chosen different nearby hotels to reduce travel costs at the Government’s expense; however, Department officials mentioned difficulties finding hotels with functioning EV chargers on site or nearby,” the watchdog’s report noted.
The difficulty finding the charging stations is a result of what one Democratic senator called the Biden administration’s “pathetic” progress on a $5 billion program to expand EV charging depots nationwide beginning in 2021.
As of the start of 2024, only seven had been built.
“That is pathetic. We’re now three years into this … That is a vast administrative failure,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said last June. “Something is terribly wrong and it needs to be fixed.”
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Sounds like these stooges intentionally VIOLATED travel regulations. Somebody signed off on the vouchers.
Just take repayment out of their next pay check. No big deal. The process already exists.
Maybe they are suggesting travel regulations don’t apply to Democrats.
36 of the them had lodging costs valued over the government’s per diem rates to the tune of $9,487.50
So the staff ended up eating that cost?
Still, probably a bargain for them to feel important.
Servants shouldn’t be critisizing their betters. Now get back to work, and remember to say ‘yes massa’ whenever you’re told to do something.
I am suggesting that Granholm needs to be taken out of this equation & it’s my thought that her replacement has already been picked. Maybe the excesses created by some of the previous government officials should be taken out of their pensions ,if there are any forthcoming when they leave office. After all, the country didn’t get into this horrendous debt we have by following all the rules.
Auto companies do it all the time with their engineers when they’re testing their new cars. It’s ok but these people had a lot bigger allowance to play with.
Granholm is(was) pretty hot in her time. Those babes can get away with anything. Can you blame them for what they do?
Think an unserious Honey West.
I am suggesting that Granholm needs to be taken out of this equation & it’s my thought that her replacement has already been picked. Maybe the excesses created by some of the previous government officials should be taken out of their pensions ,if there are any forthcoming when they leave office. After all, the country didn’t get into this horrendous debt we have by following all the rules. I worked a lot longer than most of them in my job before I retired & got no pension whatsoever, but am getting by on my S.S. now.
They’ve been doing this stuff for decades. I know a guy who cheated his way into retirement credit for a year more than he worked in order to boost his retirement package.
There’s no money easier to spend than other people’s money.
“There’s no money easier to spend than other people’s money.”
What’s the best vehicle to drive?
Someone else’s....
That performance cemented her position as a total Ditz.
It is entertaining to watch occasionally.
Hot? That’s way too much hair.
and you know its just like that down there
**Hot? That’s way too much hair.**
I know you wood.
Looks very high maintenance
We can’t expect important people to stay in Motel 6 ot sleep in rest stops. She has an entire planet to save.
I hope that thing she had on her face grows back 3x the size it was.
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