Reports raise questions on school chief's travel
by The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2013 | 606 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
ATLANTA — Records show that Georgia's state schools superintendent has been collecting a state car allowance worth more than $7,000 a year - even though the state stopped offering the allowance to officials several years before he took office.

Records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also show that state School Superintendent John Barge in 2012 regularly billed drives to and from his home in northwest Georgia as business travel.

The Journal-Constitution reports that billing taxpayers for those drives is a practice the state's top accountant said is "inconsistent with IRS guidelines."

Barge said he was unaware that state budget officials had eliminated the vehicle allowance, which adds $587 a month to his state paycheck of more than $130,000 a year. Barge said he believed it was part of his salary package.
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
Postings are not edited and are the responsibility of the author. You agree not to post comments that are abusive, threatening or obscene. Postings may be removed at our discretion.