Assembly Democrats Annette Quijano and Joseph Cryan (both D-Union) on Monday called on the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to explain the waste and abuse detailed in a new report released today by the State Auditor.
Chief among the report’s findings was that the MVC failed to procure an anticipated savings of roughly $11 million per year because it continued to pay a contractor – Parsons Environment & Infrastructure Group – nearly the same rate to perform inspections even after the state eliminated the safety inspection requirement. The report also detailed several other missed savings opportunities, as well as the questionable use of the MVC’s own vehicle fleet by employees.
“This report paints a picture of the MVC as nothing short of dysfunctional,” said Quijano. “Wasteful spending on overpaid contractors and the questionable use of state vehicles and E-Z pass transponders all end up being a burden that falls squarely on the shoulders of taxpayers. The MVC appears to have a ‘do as I say, not as I do’ mentality when it forces residents to deal with reductions in services and facility closings while it refuses to tighten its own purse strings.”
“The elimination of safety inspections was intended to procure a sizeable savings for the state,” said Cryan. “Instead, the MVC continued to pay a contractor essentially the same rate for performing less work. Without any explanation on MVC’s part, this equates to blatant thievery. It also adds insult to injury for the countless residents who have seen their services cut and facilities closed.
WOW, I don’t remember seeing ANY Democrat “tighten its own purse strings” by taking a pay cut or not taking a pay increase. Look who is saying do as I say not as I do!!!
These Democrats are a JOKE!!!!
the citizens of NJ still have to pay the same or more in registration fees (which includes inspections) that we paid when we had to have our vehicles inspected EVERY YEAR. Now we can be inspected every other year or wait five years on a new car, have less of an inspection, but still must pay the same or more than we paid when we were getting inspections every year. And that was before it was privatized to friends of the politicians..
46.50 x 3.92 million cars (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2010/mv1.cfm) = $182,000,000!!!
And that number does not include all other types of vehicles, such as boats, motorcycles etc.
Where does all that money go???
We can consider .50 of every dollar we give to the government wasted. its unbelievable that the Democrats (and many Republicans) think the answer to every problem is big government spending, the government couldn’t buy a hot dog with out blowing a $100!