When times get tough the government … well … just keeps on spending. The Telegram today offered up a little PR for the state EPA on their latest gadget – the Field Assessment and Support Team vehicle (otherwise known as the FAST vehicle — because somewhere in the fine printof the U.S. Constitution is a rule requiring government things to have acronyms).
The $180,00 federally-funded vehicle enables “on-scene environmental staff to more rapidly test for air, water and soil contaminants and better protect the public during emergencies,” according to the EPA’s …