The District of Columbia licence plates bearing the slogan “Taxation Without Representation” are once again affixed to a presidential vehicle, though perhaps not the one actually carrying the president.
A high-ranking Metropolitan Police Department officer made good on his threat to file a whistleblower suit over a demotion he says happened because he blamed MPD leadership for authorizing a motorcade last year for Charlie Sheen.
The AP reports that a former D.C. police commander plans to sue the city claiming he was demoted for saying that a police escort last year for Charlie Sheen was a routine operation.
Nov 13, 2008
Previewing the Obamamobile
A friend sent over this link to a New York Times story from a couple of weeks ago about what the new presidential limousine might look like. It’s almost all speculation because this sort of info is well-guarded by the Secret Service, but they did score some photos of what appears to be a prototype of a pretty intense looking, truck-like Cadillac limo. President Bush has been riding around in his own Cadillac limo since…
