Transportation calamity Tsar Choo Choo Pete Buttigieg has been jet-hopping here and there at taxpayer expense. Government agencies do that, but the US Department of Transportation, which works for Pete, won’t say how much it has cost you.
The Transportation Minister for the Most Transparent Administration in History™ has something to hide.
“The DOT and the agency’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office both declined to detail how much each flight cost taxpayers over the course of multiple months and in recent weeks,” Fox News Digital reports. “The stonewalling comes amid an ongoing inspector general audit of Buttigieg’s use of the planes, which are part of a small fleet managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).”
“It’s inexcusable that Secretary Buttigieg’s agency is hiding the detailed costs of these taxpayer-funded flights,” Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of watchdog group Americans for Public Trust, told Fox News Digital. “Federal law dictates a timely release of exactly these types of records to the public.”
She added, “The American people are entitled to know the true cost of Buttigieg and his entourage of staffers flying private to destinations that have readily available commercial options.”
No one is asking anyone to reveal sources and methods. It’s a spreadsheet line item, and this trip cost this much, and that one was that much, and here’s a total. There’s no reason to conceal these details unless … masking, hiding, concealing, or obscuring. There must be some there, there!
Choo Choo Pete is already famous for taking “breaks” from the impossible burden of his title. Not the work, he wouldn’t know where to start, but he’s enjoying the perqs, which might include using government property for his personal enjoyment.
There’s a lot of that in government, but given the lack of evidence that he’s used them to do his job, the extra PR hit might find Pete on his way into early retirement.
On a positive note, he’ll never be able to stage a serious run for president, not that he ever has – but his stint as the Transportation Tsar has demonstrated how completely incapable he is of managing or leading.
Small victory.
