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Audit commission chairman calls for review of state aircraft use
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| News Date | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A key legislator is calling for an audit of state aircraft use under Gov. Rod Blagojevich after an Associated Press analysis found a huge increase in flights by his administration.
Sen. Chris Lauzen, co-chairman of the Legislative Audit Commission, said Monday he would ask members to authorize a review of air travel to determine whether it's being used efficiently and whether private airlines could provide cheaper service. The House co-chairman did not oppose the idea.
The Associated Press review of state flight records showed that Blagojevich and agencies under his control have taken 3,100 more flights during the first half of his administration than his predecessor did in a comparable period.
Passengers on state-owned aircraft pay just a portion of the overall operating cost. The Transportation Department has subsidized hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs since 2003 with revenue from pilots' license fees and money from an account intended for road-building.
"The issue that would bother the folks back home is, 'You mean that these state officials are flying airplanes with money that's supposed to be going to Route 47?'" said Lauzen, an Aurora Republican, whose proposal would call for a review by independent Auditor General William Holland. |
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