Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros, Florida’s Surgeon General has wracked up $130,000 in travel cost paid for by tax payers, in the three years that she has been on the job and according to the Miami Herald, about one third of her week-ends have been spent in Miami, her home town. Naturally, all of Ros’ travel were associated with meetings and speaking engagements.
Miami Herald: The state surgeon general’s travel pattern has not changed despite a belt-tightening edict a year ago from Gov. Charlie Crist’s office and recent scrutiny of state travel by agency heads.
Viamonte Ros said her trips to South Florida took her to an “important hub” that allows her to reach Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Broward and Collier counties and the Keys.
