Limosines galore... as far as the eyes can see...
By "most open" Obama must have been talking about more elbow room in his admin's transportation.
Due to confusion about what a limousine is, the General Services Administration has had a hard time counting its limos in recent years, but now insists a new definition will accurately account for the fleet of government agency-owned luxury vehicles.
Last year, the GSA estimated the number of government agency limousines at 412, amounting to a 73 percent increase between 2008 and 2010, according to iWatch News.
The statistic was touted by conservatives as an excessive indulgence in tough economic times and as an irresponsible use of taxpayer money under the Obama administration.
Two months after the rise was reported in May 2011, the GSA changed the definition of “limousine” to exclude such vehicles as shuttle buses and sedans, previously classified as limos.
When the GSA released its 2011 fleet report last month, limos were shown to have decreased 62 percent to only 158, iWatch reported.
The State Department, under Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, reduced its limo count the most, to just 50 after reporting 259 in 2010.
In releasing the 2010 fleet report, GSA officials admitted the limo numbers in the report were not reliable, according to iWatch.
