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City officials ring up large cell phone fees.
Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Publication Date: 28-FEB-05 |
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
By Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 28--For $130 a month, you can get a cell phone plan that lets you talk more than four hours every workday with unlimited use on nights and weekends. Add 70 bucks, and you get a plan that gives you unlimited use all the time.
But the cell phone bill of one Downriver elected official was $493 last month. In other months, the bill for Lincoln Park Councilwoman Valerie Brady's city-issued phone -- funded by taxpayers -- was $408 and $313.
The costly bills reveal how a new technology has led to wasteful spending by some municipal employees with government-issued cell phones.
Some cities and townships are moving to rein in the costs of a tool that has become a necessary part of the job for many employees, but has led to some abuse. The moves come at a time when local governments are struggling to break even.
Starting this month, Lincoln Park no longer pays for the cell phones and bills of its...
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