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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:12 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:06
And it appears they’ve chosen new cars for themselves over education, and domestic violence shelters. Six times? From RadioIowa:
House Democrats on six different occasions have rejected the idea of putting off buying new cars for the state vehicle fleet for the next year. Representative Christopher Rants, a Republican from Sioux City, is the legislator who made the suggestion.
“Look, this is not about bailing out G.M., o.k.? President Obama and congress are taking care of that for us,” Rants said this week during House debate. “They don’t need $11 million of Iowa taxpayer money.”
According to Rants, about four dozen brand new state cars are sitting unused in a parking lot near the capitol.