For your information. From the Arkansas Times:
Huckabee continues to use state plane for out-of-state travel.
Published 12/1/2005
Gov. Mike Huckabee is still flying high on the taxpayers’ dime and refusing to provide details about it, claiming security interests.
The Arkansas Times first reported Nov. 3 about his use of the State Police’s twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 200. He has used it several times since.
From Oct. 22 to Nov. 10 he used the plane to fly to Atlanta, Charlotte, twice to Dallas and three times to Washington, D.C. On one of those trips, Huckabee and his wife, son and daughter-in-law traveled to and from Washington so Gov. and Mrs. Huckabee could participate in the Marine Corps marathon.
Huckabee will not answer questions about how or why he decides to use the State Police plane for almost all of his out-of-state travel, which includes about 40 trips in 2005.“Whether we are talking in general or about specifics, when it is a matter of travel it is a security issue and we’re not going to comment,” said Huckabee press secretary Alice Stewart. It is unclear what security concerns exist after a trip, but Stewart won’t discuss that either.
State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said the department has “no recollection or record” of Huckabee ever reimbursing the department for his use of its aircraft.
I've done that myself.
Were you suggesting that ALL of Huckabee's flights here were "private"?
Hmmmm.
You guys really gotta’ trim down the size of that state though. I’ve done a bit of driving around the place, and most of it was outrageously time consuming. I could have been back in Washington doing real work, but no, they wanted me to drive out to see various Arkansas post offices ~ which really isn’t too exciting.