New York Mayor de Blasio Stands Firm on Refusal to Reimburse Public for Personal Trips

Wall Street Journal ^ | Aug. 18, 2014 6:22 p.m. ET | Michael Howard Saul

[Olog-hai]

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he won't reimburse the taxpayers for personal trips when his security detail is at the wheel, even though New York City's other top elected officials have said they would.

For the first time Monday afternoon, Mr. de Blasio addressed criticism from government watchdogs and former elected officials who have questioned his ethics for allowing the public to fund out-of-town private travel, an issue raised in report published last week in The Wall Street Journal.

Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, said he would abide by a March 2009 advisory opinion from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board that stipulates elected officials with police security may use their cars for private and political purposes without reimbursing the taxpayers. But the opinion notes that officials are permitted to reimburse the taxpayers for non-city use of their vehicles, and several elected officials have done so over the years. …

[Paladin2]

No Free Lunch?

No Peace!

[headstamp 2]

That’s OK. He may need to get out of town more and more as the bodies start piling up.

[dalebert]

What kind of people voted for this guy?

[Responsibility2nd]

Good for him.

Those idiots knew he was a free-loading sleaze when they voted for him. Let them pay for his personal trips.

[eizverson22]

Government should put each expenditures open to the public.

[4yearlurker]

The King of New York laughs at the measly working class peasants that put him in power.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I’d call him a Communist but at least, in theory, Communists were taking your money to pay for other people. What is it called when you take from the public to live the good life yourself? Mafioso? Grifter? Con man?

[Myrddin]

Garnish his paycheck. If he objects, prosecute for embezzling from the public treasury.

[blackdog]

Then according to IRS rules, those trips contitute income which is not being taxed.

But I'm sure those rules apply only to "We the People".

There is a reason those individuals in the past reimbursed the public treasury for the expenses of their personal travel.

[thorvaldr]

Paying for your own travel expenses is for peasants.
But really, what did they expect when they voted for this guy?
Did someone honestly think having a straight up, admitted, communist for a mayor was a good idea?

[Izzy Dunne]

What is it called when you take from the public to live the good life yourself? Mafioso? Grifter? Con man?

Democrat.

[WayneS]

New Yorkers, mostly.

[mothball]

. What is it called when you take from the public to live the good life yourself? Mafioso? Grifter? Con man?

Obamanized?

[drypowder]

communists with their hands out

[GeronL]

Democrats believe all their extended families should get free trips on the taxpayers dime. Even Eric Holder is doing it.

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[VanDeKoik]

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[VanDeKoik]

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