A union official compared a federal advisory council proposal
to install surveillance cameras in government vehicles to
ensure that employees are buckling up, to the MTV television
series “Pimp My Ride,” in which contestants have their cars
outfitted in tacky extravagance, saying the idea “redefines
the word absurd.”
“At the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a
spending freeze has left officers in the lurch when trying
to fill the tanks of their official vehicles, as their
government gas cards were declined for lack of payment. But
we’ve got millions for high-tech gadgets? I’m sure the
American taxpayer will be greatly amused,” said Mark Roth,
general counsel for the American Federation of Government
Employees.
