05-21-2015, 01:45 PM
(05-21-2015, 01:38 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So you do not know in advance how much you are getting. There's a calculation based on length of stay. I would hope if your stay had to be extended; you would receive more than the "agreed upon in advance" flat payment. I would further hope that if you are required to use a vehicle to make the trip that you are paid "per mile" for your trip.
Emergency situations do happen, indeed. Also, they like us to take state vehicles.
(05-21-2015, 01:38 PM)bfine32 Wrote: All this seems kind of different than "we are going to pay you guys $2000 to travel to Ferguson" (BTW, I wonder how they determined that a minimum of 6 were in the travel party). IF the link published had discussed length of stay (per diem) and cents per mile, then the "travel expense" scenario would hold a little more water. As it stands, it is simply we are going to give 6 of you $2,000 to go to Ferguson and protest.
This is why, like I stated earlier, it is more like a grant than a travel reimbursement. Grants are for specific things, however, and these grants seemed to be intended to cover travel expenses.
(05-21-2015, 01:38 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Does this "benefit of the doubt" approach hold true in all cases?
I try my best to make it so. Doesn't always work out as I hold some to a higher standard, but I try to take that approach at all times.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
