Citizens Voice Sunday Editorial: http://citizensvoice.com/news/someone-must-pay-for-gasgate-debacle-1.1523500
07/06/12 The district attorney (S Salavantis) on Thursday vowed to look into 18,000 gallons of missing gasoline intended for city vehicles.
07/06/12 "Honestly, I can't really - I don't know. I don't know why I didn't fill out the log," Leighton said. "I can't answer that question."
07/06/12 "Honestly, I can't really - I don't know. I don't know why I didn't fill out the log," Leighton said. "I can't answer that question."
Is 18,000 gallons a lot?
Consider you could circle the earth in a car 21 times.
(math nerds: 18,000 gallons times 30 mpg divided by 24,901 = 21.69)
07/06/12 "It was not hidden that I took gas," said Leighton, who defended his action because he filled up his vehicle in lieu of accepting a city-owned car. "Everyone knew I took gas."
07/06/12 Leighton said he and a few other city officials - he could not say how many others are involved or who they are - were authorized by the administration to fill up their private vehicles when used for city business. (Names please? Just city business?)
07/06/12 "Eighteen thousand gallons sounds like a lot - and believe me, I thought it was a lot - until I found out how big these gas tanks are," Leighton said.
You could go to the moon and back and still have gas left over.
(math nerds: 18,000 times 30 mpg divided by 238,900 = 2.26 ... one "up and back")
07/06/12 "That should not be the case, no matter how frivolous an officer may think it is," Salavantis said.
Recently a man was arrested for stealing a canister (2-3 gallons) of lawnmower gas from the back of a public works vehicle.
Sanity check # 1
3 gallons is less than 18,000 gallons (.00016).
The man who stole 3 gallons was arrested.
Why has no one been arrested for stealing 18,000?
Just wondering.
Sanity check # 2
Do Leighton’s wife, kids, and kids’ boyfriends/girlfriends count as city workers?
Just wondering.
Excerpts in this post taken from July 6, 2012 Citizen’s Voice; Josh Moyer reporting
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