ICE Needs Cars. Not really…
Well, Kristi Noem may be gone, but it seems her legacy lives on.
We’ve all seen the accusations and insinuations about Corey Lewandowski, whether she and he are doing the horizontal hora – me, I don’t really care, other than as an indicator that if they treat their wedding vows that lightly, what about their oaths of office? (I remember reading once that Ross Perot didn’t like people who salted their meals before tasting them, and was absolute death on cheating spouses. Often wonder whether we would be in a different place had he beat Clinton.) But something more concrete popped up.
Prior to exiting her position, Noem was subjected to a bipartisan evisceration in Senate and House Committee hearings, as members from both sides of the aisle lambasted her over the Good and Pretti shootings, ICE’s enforcement tactics, her alleged relationship with top adviser Corey Lewandowski, delays in disbursing FEMA aid to hurricane-ravaged areas of North Carolina, accusations about conflicts of interests for lucrative contracts her agency gave to McLaughlin’s husband and other allies, and even the admission from her memoir about shooting her dog, Cricket.
Okay, I have to say Mediaite does not sound like her biggest fan. But I found this also interesting, about Madison Sheahan, Noem’s Deputy Director and protege, who resigned in January to run for an Ohio Congressional seat.
Madison Sheahan, who DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made second in command at ICE, wasted millions of dollars from Congress/OBBB and ordered 2,500 vehicles wrapped with its flashy logo, which ICE doesn’t want and largely cannot use. Mediaite
“LOOKEE ME!!!” is generally not the look law enforcement agencies go for, especially those whose main modus operandi is unannounced raids.
Supposedly the vehicles are mostly parked while ICE tries to figure out what to do with them.
At around $80K each, 2500 vehicles works out to, what, $200 MILLION dollars? Parked? Now, I am sure they get a discount… but no matter what, you’re talking more money pissed away on these than most of us will ever see – combined.
There seems to be some ambiguity about how the decoration is applied. Some say the vehicles are “wrapped”, some indicate possible decals.
I’m open to partners – for say $2,000 each, whether wrapped or decaled, I’m thinking a bunch of guys with heat guns and laser blades could make some serious money off this. Not as serious as $200,000,000, but I’m not greedy.
Ohio, you have been forewarned.
Category: "Your Tax Dollars At Work"
