When Tommy was Gubner of WI, he often had himself flown around
in a state plane. The State Patrol would rush him to the airport in a big black Suburban, with another one full of bodyguards & lackeys close behind. Then he would be picked up at the destination airport by a similar mini-convoy. One time he flew to Janesville, about 50 miles from Madison, & the Patrol couldn't come up with the requisite vehicles to pick him up on the other end. Their solution? They raced down at 100 MPH, sirens blaring, to pick him up at the Janesville airport with the same Suburbans and crew that had driven him to the Madison airport.
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