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He either lacks the foresight to understand the outrage the hypocrisy of these types of expenditures will spark or he was simply trying to get away with it. Neither of the two is acceptable. Even though he has agreed to pay BACK the difference between the Caddie and the Crown Vic and the office upgrade he only did so after severe public outcry. He still needs to explain this BS: "In my administration, state government will model what it asks of its citizens. As the state replaces its vehicle fleet, for example, new purchases will be hybrid or other fuel-efficient vehicles."

And maybe I'm wrong here but isn't law enforcement the purpose of Police Helicopters?

We are still waiting for a viable reason that his wife is the first in state history to require a full time (72K) assistant, never mind the fact that the appointment was to his former Campaign Co-Chair. Welcome to the "new direction". Even my Moonbat friends know better than to try and defend this crap.