Last week we discussed the potential abuse of a Jeep Patriot owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. We thought it’d be prudent to check in on the Jeep to see if any changes have been made re: the vehicle’s take-home status.
At 10:30 A.M. this morning, the same Jeep was parked in the state employee’s driveway. It’s what gives state government and state employees bad names. In this case it seems like somebody would at least try to, you know, seem like no one is wasting state dollars.
See for yourself:
6 responses so far ↓
1 flubby // Jul 2, 2008 at 4:25 pm
More pictures of parked cars? I smell a PULITZER!!! No wait, that was definitely a fart. Sorry ’bout that.
2 Bilked // Jul 2, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Why is this guy home at 10:30 in the morning on a work day?
Does his boss think he’s out on the job doing some emergency type investigation.
Maybe he spilled some milk at his house and he is investigating a slip and fall possibility?
Dos anyone is state government care about the perception this provides to the taxpayers?
3 Scott // Jul 2, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Everyone is acting like the people in Frankfort are concerned about what what we think. Here’s a wake up call for you…..they don’t. They work for the gub’ment and they feel that if they want a take home care then, by God they should have one. Again, the attitude in Frankfort (or DC for that matter) is not gonna change until the people change. If they won’t impose term limits on themselves, they WE should impose them. Don’t vote for an incumbent. How do you think it would look if one person running for an office only got 30% of the vote? It will take a few election cycles for them to realize it, but when they do realize that WE the people are the bosses, NOT the elected employees, you’ll see a major change in the attitudes of the elected officials.
4 UK Alumni // Jul 3, 2008 at 10:31 am
Innuendo in the absence of fact helps no one.
I can’t speak for any of the dilettante’s that post here, but for myself not every job I’ve had started at in the morning; or even regular hours for that matter. Some folks do work 2nd and 3rd shift jobs; I’ve had jobs that ran from 7pm to 7am.
There’s no doubt that there’s vehicle misuse at the state level; but without more details this is just a car parked in a driveway- unlike if it were at a business, restaurant or entertainment.
Has anyone just asked this person?
5 BILked // Jul 3, 2008 at 11:11 am
UK- the real point is this person lives 2.5 miles from the office. Whether its non regular hours or not, no one who lives and works in Frankfort should have a drive home car.
And I’m not sure even sure the other investigators need a drive home car. There might be one emergency every year or two. So it would be more cost effective to pay the investigator types mileage for these unique situations vs. letting them drive a car home 260 days a year.
But it’s your money being spent so these folks can have a free ride to and from work every day.
6 UK Alumni // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:10 pm
It’s been my experience that weird policies develope as a result of an event; typically to keep from having it happen again, or to be able to at least claim to have an ability to respond in a timely manner should it occur again (however unlikely).
For the previous posts and the other thread I guess my question would be, ‘what is the value-adding benefit here for the state in having this vehicle at this person’s home’?
More facts would be helpful.
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