Update:
The News Journal published Ginger Gibson’s article today, “Legislator’ travel tabs often missing”.
State lawmakers can travel when and where they want on the taxpayer’s tab.
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Getting into a jet at taxpayers’ expense isn’t difficult in either chamber. In fact, no one interviewed for this article could recall a time when a travel request had been turned down.
And I’ll agree with State Representative Lavelle (R) that lawmakers should follow that same travel rules as other state employees.
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Tomorrow morning, The News Journal will be running an article about Delaware State Legislatures travel. They currently have a nifty little table with names, party affiliation, chamber, number of trips and total dollar amount.
Some quick analysis.
- The data looked at 73 Senators and Representatives: 33 Republicans and 40 Democrats.
- The Republicans take up 64% of the budget for $126,549.
- The Republicans have gone on nearly twice as many trips at the Democrats, 111 to 64.