We don't even pay ours.
State Officials Order Expensive New Vehicles
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Posted on 12/12/2002 7:12:05 PM PST by NormsRevenge
State Officials Order Expensive New Vehicles
Officials Order $47,000 SUV, $41,000 Cadillac
POSTED: 4:22 p.m. PST December 12, 2002 UPDATED: 6:03 p.m. PST December 12, 2002
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the state in the middle of a budget crisis of historic proportions, lawmakers are cutting costs, affecting thousands of jobs, salaries and programs. But KCRA 3 has learned that two newly-elected officials are ordering costly cars at taxpayers’ expense.
Facing thousands of layoffs and a severe budget crisis, state employees are starting to catch wind that two top government officials hope to land in the driver’s seat of luxury vehicles when they take office in three weeks.
The two officials are San Bernardino Republican Bill Leonard and San Francisco Democrat Carole Migden, who are former Assembly members that have recently been elected to the state Board of Equalization — the agency that collects taxes in California.
According to a Board of Equalization spokesperson, Leonard has ordered a 2003 Ford Expedition, estimated at more than $47,000. Documents obtained by KCRA 3 show that Leonard is requesting the Eddie Bauer Edition, plus an in-dash navigation system costing nearly $2,000 extra.
Migden has chosen to drive around in a 2003 Cadillac CTS, valued at more than $41,000.
According to documents obtained by KCRA 3, Migden’s vehicle has more than $8,000 in options, including a garage door opener, sunroof, heated seats and a Bose music system.