| Frontier Announces Favorite Fare Sale
DENVER, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Now that it's official, Frontier is Denver's Favorite Airline*, we thought we would celebrate by offering some of our favorite fares! Just in time for fall Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: FRNT - News) is offering fares as low as $98** round-trip to/from Denver to some of its top destinations (round trip purchase required). Fares must be purchased by 9.59 p.m. MDT on Oct. 5, 2006 for travel through December 13, 2006. And here's something else to look forward to besides saving some serious money on airfare -- you can enjoy watching 24 channels of DIRECTV or your choice of pay-per-view movies in a seat with 33 inches of legroom aboard one of the youngest fleets in the industry! And if you book your sale fare online you'll receive double EarlyReturns® miles.+ For a complete list of the sale fares to all of Frontier's domestic destinations, please visit FrontierAirlines.com.
State Business, Spousal Travel
Like many state officials, a CBS 2 News investigation of Idaho State Historical Society Director Steve Guerber's travel expenses show his wife has accompanied him on numerous occasions in his job as an agency director. In some instances, between 2002 and 2006, Donna Guerber is listed as being her husband's guest at events. State Controller Keith Johnson is conducting a full audit of Guerber's expenses to see if any rules have been broken, so we decided to look at the bigger issue: when, if ever, can spouses travel on the taxpayers dime? State Controller Keith Johnson sits on the Board of Examiners and sets the state's travel policy. "When my wife travels with me, for example, that comes out of my pocket. I think that's the case with all of the officers in the state," he said.
UN Airfare Tax
In an effort to fight AIDS and other diseases in poor countries, France, Brazil, Britain, Norway and Chile will raise at least $300 million for the UN next year through taxes on airline tickets. Joseph D’Agostino is with the Population Research Institute. "Creating taxes just to fund UN programs is a very dangerous precedent. As you know, a lot of people at the UN and elsewhere want the United Nations to be able to collect its own taxes and this seems to be a step in this direction." The infusion of money is welcomed by public health experts, but some worry it could lead to more power for the UN. Thomas Jacobson is with Focus on the Family Action. "This step would begin to raise funds for particular programs that begin to sever that accountability relationship between the countries and the United Nations and makes the United Nations more independent and less accountable." Next could be taxes on currency exchanges, sea travel, and anything that crosses international borders.
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