Despite a national plea from the President to end the "oil addiction" in America, county government (and I'm willing to speculate the same is true for city and state) seems to be addicted to big gas guzzling vehicles.
I love Mayor Ragsdale's responses to questions about the purchases of big expensive SUVs (via WATE-TV reports):
"County Mayor Mike Ragsdale first said, "I don't want to stand here and discuss cars."
And
"This vehicle is appropriate for the mayor of a major metropolitan county like Knox County and we consider it an entirely appropriate expenditure of public funds.
I suppose Knox residents should be grateful, since in Hamblen County, officials refuse to even release public records regarding mileage on vehicles paid for with tax dollars.
What type of vehicle is "entirely appropriate" for you? Me, I wanna new 2006 Mustang Convertible. Budget realities say my 1996 pickup at 26 mpg is best for me right now.
Mayor Ragsdale: Whatever happened to leading by example?
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to news organization that used to ask that question until it got some kind of answer??
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to a politician who offered an example worth following????