How much did Cheney’s visit cost us?
There was an interesting letter in the D&C yesterday about Cheney’s visit to Rochester to raise funds for Randy Kuhl last Friday:
Vice President Dick Cheney created a traffic nightmare in Rochester late Friday afternoon. Lines of truckers were stranded at the sides of interstates 390 and 490, as well as Route 531. Some parents were unable to pick up their kids at day care. Buses went miles off their regular routes. Homeward-bound downtown workers could not even get out of parking garages and lots. And there were no good alternate routes since Cheney’s path was a big secret.
It would be interesting to know how much Cheney’s visit cost Monroe County taxpayers. Rerouting buses, sending out extra policemen to deal with traffic problems and the like — these things cost money. And the time thousands of local residents had to wait in traffic ought to be worth something too. I’ll bet that when you add it all up and factor in the cost that the federal government paid for Cheney’s air travel, that it comes to a lot more than the $175,000 Kuhl claims to have raised at the fundraiser.
Wouldn’t it have been easier for everyone if Monroe County and the federal government had just ponied up the cash for Kuhl themselves? The only downside would be that we wouldn’t have these cool (no pun intended) protest pictures.
Randy Kuhl and his “good ole’ boys” have cost taxpayers lots of money. How much did his trip to Iraq cost us?
If anyone can get a copy of Kuhl’s comments on “R News”, Channel 9, Rochester, about 2 months ago, regarding his trip to Iraq, please forward it to Eric Massa’s Campaign Headquarters.
Kuhl claims that “Iraq is not as bad as we see on TV. When we flew over, we saw houses in tact———”. It made me sick to my stomach.
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