Last bit of the process

[Plane]

 The Clinton Administration spent its last days producing a big volume of new regulations , some of these were in effect for very short periods.


One of these was a very strict standard for arsenic in water, so strict that enforcement would not have been possible in some western states, Clinton never considered trying to enforce this regulation himself , but it was decreed as a means of embarrassing Bush as he had to be seen rolling back a protective regulation. Several of this sort of thing were done , one might think he was trying to complicate the new President's life.


Mark Rich got rewarded for being a big contributor , all the "W" keys got stolen off the keyboards ,etc etc....

I wouldn't be surprised if they took away the lightbulbs and toilet seats when they left.

Is there any indication of President Bush and his staff deporting themselves poorly right now?

[richpo64]

Nope. W is a class act.

[Plane]

I understand that when LBJ rode Air Force one for the last time , he had it stripped for valuables before he returned it.

Which President made the most drastic alterations to the plane's interior?

Johnson would make changes after almost every trip. He made the plane so gadget-oriented he could push a button and the desk would change its height. Another button extended or retracted sliding walls. He had Plexiglas panels installed so he could see the full length of the airplane. There were microphones all over the plane so he could share random thoughts with the passengers at any time.

What happened when Nixon came in?

Johnson and his people stripped the plane on their final flight; they took china, glassware, matchbooks—even the executive chair. Everything was gone except for a recording system Johnson had put in that taped all conversations to and from the airplane. Ironically, when I told Nixon it was there he said, "Take it out."

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20074605,00.html

http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c137.asp