Items Stolen John Conyers' Government-Registered Cadillac

FoxNewsDetroit ^ | Tuesday, 30 Nov 2010 | FOXDetroit.com Staff

[ColdOne]

DETROIT (WJBK) - The son of Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., says items were stolen out of the government vehicle he was driving last Wednesday in downtown Detroit, FOX 2's Simon Shaykhet reports.

John Conyers III, 20, told police two Apple MacBooks, valued at $1,100 apiece, and more than $27,000 worth of concert tickets to the Fillmore were stolen out of a burgundy 2010 Cadillac Escalade registered to the 14th Congressional District.

[ColdOne]

If I was ruler of this country. NO MORE GOVERNMENT Cadillac! Drive your own car to work.

[ColdOne]

According to the U.S. General Services Administration Web site , if an employee allows an unauthorized person to use a government vehicle, that employee could be suspended or fired.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

His wife is going to jail. Maybe he should join her.

[pnh102]

Wow... I bought someone a Cadillac. What a crime.

[Jerry Attrick]

I sure hope the thieves didn’t take his Playboys.

[goldstategop]

Any Tea Party Republican that takes a government-paid car is a fraud.

Abusing the taxpayers is a bipartisan affliction in Washington!

[bigbob]

dang I would have bet it would have been a White Escalade, with extra gold trim and hydraulics.

[Mouton]

Unfortunately that just applies to Executive Branch worker scums, not rulers like Conyers, once considered the dumbest representative in the House which title he has since been eclipsed by a few others in his caucus.

[Aroostook25]

What was Conyers doing with $27,000 worth of concert tickets to the Fillmore?

[MichaelP]

My question would be, Why does the government have 2010 Cadillac Escalades for congressmen to use? Chevys not good enough?

Mike

[cruise_missile]

$27,000 worth of concert tickets!!!

Hannah Montana tickets?

Be funny if the thief shows up at the concert.

[Lurker]

Why isn’t this Congressional champion of Energy Efficiency driving one of those shiny new Volts the Feds just bought?

[earlJam]

According to the U.S. General Services Administration Web site , if an employee allows an unauthorized person to use a government vehicle, that employee could be suspended or fired.

Key words: "could be."

Hint, we are talking Detroit.

[ncfool]

Explain the $27,000 in concert tickets. Who gave these to him?

[goldstategop]

We’re talking about the country.

Our congresscritters get free cars, free franking privilege and free health care.

Not really. Guess who pays for it?

And the GOP feeds at the same trough the Democrats do. They both rape the taxpayers. That’s why Washington has a singular Criminal Class. Contempt for hard-working Americans respect neither ideology nor party affiliation.

[AU72]

How many Playboys were reported missing?

[Abathar]

Insurance scam, I hope the insurance company makes sure he A)Paid full price for the tickets and B)they are worthless to whoever has them.

I can see someone breaking into a car in Detroit, but this just smells to me. $27k is not much less than his mommy went to jail for, when it comes to larceny the Conyers seem to be kind of low rent.

[jz638]

The thief did the public a service by exposing this corruption. I hope all the criminals in this story serve time and the public (the real victims here) are compensated for the theft of their tax dollars.

[Army Air Corps]

Holder will be on this like stink on dung, that whole Wikileaks thing will have to wait...

[July4]

What thief? As in, “There is no honor among...?” Or, the US Senate, a “den of ....”

$27,000 worth of concert tickets belonging to a 20-year-old? Yeah. A US government-issued, taxpayer financed Cadillac driven by the son of a US senator and a convicted criminal. Charming.