Posted on 09/03/2014 11:20:05 PM PDT by george76
Colorado has so far spent $8 million in taxpayer money on nearly 240 compressed natural gas vehicles, with dozens of them stationed in places where there is no compressed natural gas filling stations, Watchdog.org has learned.
And the state expects to buy more CNG vehicles, costing $7,000 to $11,000 more than comparable gasoline-fueled vehicles, in the 2015 fiscal year. Many of them are destined for state facilities that also have no current CNG filling station nearby, state records show.
Because of the lack of fueling stations, state workers apparently continue to run many of the vehicles on more expensive gasoline, negating any of the environmental benefits and cost savings touted by supporters of the more expensive vehicles, memos and emails obtained by Watchdog.org show.
When told of the documents, state Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, who co-sponsored a bill in 2009 requiring state agencies to buy CNG vehicles when practical, said Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration is clearly not following the legislation.
“It’s just the typical way government works,” he said. “When you spend someone else’s money, you don’t think about it appropriately.”
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Department of Natural Resources and Colorado Parks and Wildlife division staff have tried to fight the purchases, citing the waste of taxpayer dollars.
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typical government — symbolism over substance.
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...”with dozens of them stationed in places where there is no compressed natural gas filling stations, Watchdog.org has learned.” ...
Grammar police?
Gotta waste that marijuana tax money like they do other taxpayer earnings.
When I used to live in the Desert Sun Bus lines sold add on systems and provided a home refueling setup, nothing prevents the state from doing the same thing, except stupidity.
Related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3200293/posts
Methinks the gvt bureaucrats are smoking too much weed in CO.
They smoke dope in CO. They’ll think they’re driving when they’re standing still.
What a great combo: ignorant government “workers”, environut policies, legalized marihuana and other-peoples’-money.
Dude...it’s Colorado...chill out...
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