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Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP) May 2, 2006 - State Representative Todd
Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.
The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his
home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and
courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle
last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around
$3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the
weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which
Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary
roads within two miles of their home or office during
daylight hours, as long as they obtain a $5 permit and
insurance.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.as...6&nav=menu36_3

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Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP) May 2, 2006 - State Representative Todd
Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.
The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his
home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and
courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle
last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around
$3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the
weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which
Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary
roads within two miles of their home or office during
daylight hours, as long as they obtain a $5 permit and
insurance.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.as...6&nav=menu36_3

God forbid he should actually *walk* 2 miles.

wrote:
Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP) May 2, 2006 - State Representative Todd
Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.
The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his
home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and
courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle
last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around
$3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the
weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which
Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary
roads within two miles of their home or office during
daylight hours

2 miles? Seems like other vehicles would be far more appropriate for
commuting this distance. Even to someone who may not have ridden one
of these commuting vehicles since childhood. I don't think you ever
forget how.



, as long as they obtain a $5 permit and
insurance.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.as...6&nav=menu36_3

On another note, NPR had a story on both political parties each having
press demos at local gas stations in DC to show how they were concerned
about high gas prices. Almost all of the various politicians for both
parties each drove well under 20 mpg vehicles to these press demos, 1
to 8 blocks from the Capital. It was quite the demo of how they truely
felt about high gas prices.

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wrote:
Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP) May 2, 2006 - State Representative Todd
Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.
The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his
home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and
courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle
last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around
$3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the
weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which
Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary
roads within two miles of their home or office during
daylight hours

2 miles? Seems like other vehicles would be far more appropriate for
commuting this distance. Even to someone who may not have ridden one
of these commuting vehicles since childhood. I don't think you ever
forget how.

But a polititian on a bicycle isn't odd enough to get media coverage.
Driving a golf cart is, apparently.

But in any event, it's kinda like a hybrid (car)... a good start.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

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Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP)

What state was that? (Besides denial.)

On 3 May 2006 18:43:53 -0700, "Brian Huntley"
wrote:


wrote:
Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP)

What state was that? (Besides denial.)

Dear Brian,

Clicking on the link reveals that the Honorable Todd
Rutherford holds liberty's torch aloft in the sovereign
state of South Carolina, where the men are still men and the
women nervously hope that the twits really aren't watching
that 15-inch television screen as they trundle along in
their golf carts.

(If he doesn't watch it, why does he have it?)

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

wrote:
Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP) May 2, 2006 - State Representative Todd
Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.
The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his
home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and
courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle
last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around
$3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the
weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which
Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary
roads within two miles of their home or office during
daylight hours, as long as they obtain a $5 permit and
insurance.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.as...6&nav=menu36_3

A friend of mine in the Netherlands pays $7 per gallon...when gas gets
scarce, then it's gonna get interesting.

"Lou Holtman" wrote:

Right around euro 1.50/liter = 7.17 dollar/gallon. When the energy
consumption in the US drives up oil prices again we pay double: the price
raise plus the tax.

We certainly use more than our share of oil in the US, but it's the
global market that's driving the prices up - India and China are
increasing their demand more than the US recently.

And the taxes on gas in the US are about 5 times the profit the oil
companies make on each gallon (it's even worse in Europe and most of
the rest of the world), yet our fearless leaders get all indignant
carping about the greed of the oil companies. Go figger...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

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Lawmaker drives golf cart to State House to save on gas

(Columbia-AP) May 2, 2006 - State Representative Todd
Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.
The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his
home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and
courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle
last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around
$3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the
weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which
Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary
roads within two miles of their home or office during
daylight hours, as long as they obtain a $5 permit and
insurance.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.as...6&nav=menu36_3

God forbid he should actually *walk* 2 miles.

Could turn out to be 4 miles. If his home is within 4 miles of his office,
he could drive from his home to his office and always be within 2 miles of
either location.
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Alex

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A friend of mine in the Netherlands pays $7 per gallon...when gas gets
scarce, then it's gonna get interesting.

Scarecity has little to do with it.
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Alex