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Recent EPA administrators had traveled in a Chevrolet Tahoe, and agency officials had arranged for Pruitt to use the same vehicle when he joined the administration in February last year. But he switched to a larger, newer and more high-end Chevy Suburban in June.
One former EPA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, said Pruitt remarked that he wanted the larger car because it was similar to ones in which some other Cabinet officials rode. The first years lease of the vehicle cost $10,200, according to federal contracting records.
The records show the EPA administrators office signed a lease in June on the Suburban, paying more than $300 extra per month for upgrades such as a leather interior, bucket seats in the second row and WiFi and GPS navigation. A representative at the Maryland-based company who provided the lease said the LT model that the EPA requested represents an upgrade from the LS model that is typical on government leases.
The monthly payment on the vehicle is $839, according to the contract.
The head of Pruitts security detail, Pasquale Nino Perrotta, subsequently approved the addition of Kevlar-like seat covers to the vehicle at a cost of hundreds of dollars, according to one official, on the grounds that it served as a security precaution. Two current EPA officials confirmed both the rental of the Suburban and the seat covers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/17/pruitt-upgraded-to-a-larger-customized-suv-with-bullet-resistant-seat-covers/?utm_term=.c0608a4f2845
lunatica
(53,410 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)one procurement at a time.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Yes, I'm being hyperbolic.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)bullet-resistant seat covers?
Bluepinky
(2,268 posts)Pruitt needs to stay home in his bed under the covers.