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The Blog for Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Your Tax Dollars at Work

    Oh, the poor things have to fly so much:
    Ending a Canadian business trip with a weeklong vacation in Maine before his son's wedding in Kennebunkport last summer, Gov. Jeb Bush had a slight scheduling problem - the kickoff of Florida's summer sales-tax holiday and a speech to a convention of military officers in Orlando.

    But he also had a fast solution: A $5.3 million Cessna Citation Bravo to whisk him down from Maine and back in three hours, each way.

    The gleaming twin-engine jet with the state seal next to its hatch and an orange ribbon undulating down its fuselage also came in handy for the governor, other elected officials and department heads during the chaotic six weeks last summer when Florida got hit by four hurricanes. Bush and Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings, all three Cabinet officers and various emergency-preparedness chiefs were able to get into airports from Punta Gorda to Pensacola within hours of the big storms.

    "The benefit of it is, it goes a little bit faster, but not much," Bush said after returning to Tallahassee for Christmas late last week. "It doesn't make any noise, so you can hold meetings and get work done, because of the new engines and the insulation, I guess."
    And don't you love it when the media bows down and genuflects to purportedly "nonpartisan" Tax Watch's Dominic Calabro when he solemnly declares the luxury jet to be "an appropriate expense."

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