“Even as the state grappled with a budget crisis last year, bureaucrats spent nearly $45 million on new vehicles, almost $30 million on new furniture and more than $2 million on off-site meetings and conferences, a legislative panel has found,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
This is truly a disgusting story. Be sure to read the L.A. Times article so you can see for yourself how our state agencies waste our money.
“The expenditures were outlined in a report released Monday by the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, which plans to call on state agency managers to explain their spending at a hearing Wednesday.”
Will the Democrats who control our State Legislature actually do anything about this? I truly doubt it. Their new leader, John Perez, was talking about raising our taxes, again, even before he took over for Karen Bass.
Tea Party!
Remember this Sacbee piece, “Caltrans confirms number of new but idle vehicles”, from last year? [http://www.sacbee.com/politics/story/2407764.html]