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TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS'
EXCLUSIVE - "TAXPAYER
TAXI."
DID YOU KNOW THE
SENATE PRESIDENT AND
HOUSE SPEAKER - THE
LEADERS OF OUR PART-
TIME LEGISLATURE - EACH
HAVE A TAXPAYER-FUNDED
CAR AND DRIVER AT THEIR
DISPOSAL?
WE WENT LOOKING TO
FIND OUT HOW THIS
PRICEY PERK IS BEING
USED.
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
TIM WHITE IS IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH A FIRST
LOOK AT HIS FINDINGS.
THE LEADERS OF THE SENATE
AND HOUSE EACH HAVE AN S-
U-V ASSIGNED TO THEIR OFFICE;
AND PAID STAFF, AUTHORIZED
TO CHAUFFEUR THEM AROUND.
TONIGHT, OUR INVESTIGATION
IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW ONE OF THE VEHICLES
WAS USED.
THESE TWIN 2007 FORD
EXPLORERS ARE OFTEN SEEN
PARKED OUTSIDE THE STATE
HOUSE.
THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THE TWO
MOST POWERFUL ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN THE STATE.
RECORDS REVEAL BOTH THE
SENATE VEHICLE AND THE ONE
ASSIGNED TO THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE WERE PURCHASED
FOR A TOTAL OF $59,000.
AND WE'VE DISCOVERED,
THEY COST 75 HUNDRED
DOLLARS A YEAR TO MAINTAIN.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING FUEL OR
THE PAYROLL FOR STAFFERS
WHO DRIVE IT.
Tonight, OUR INVESTIGATION
TRACKS HOW THESE VEHICLES
ARE USED,
And WE TAKE OUR FINDINGS TO
THOSE IN POWER, TO GET
SOME ANSWERS.
Do you think that is an
appropriate
use of the vehicle?
TONIGHT, DETAILS ON WHERE
WE SPOTTED ONE OF THE
TAXPAYER-FUNDED VEHICLES.
AND YOU'LL BE INTERESTED TO
LEARN:
DESPITE OUR DIRE FINANCIAL
STRAITS.
OUR INVESTIGATION FINDS
RHODE ISLAND IS A STANDOUT
COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
TAXPAYER TAXI.
WITH THE T12 TW EN
(MM)
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS
OUR TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS
EXCLUSIVE...
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