BURBANK ASSEMBLYMAN LEADS WAY IN ELECTRIC CAR.Byline: Paul Hefner Daily News Sacramento Bureau Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Scott Wildman Scott Wildman was a California State Assemblyman from 1996 until 2000. That year, he lost a State Senate primary to Dr. Jack Scott, an Assemblyman from a neighboring district. Wildman received 46.7% of the vote. plans to become the first state lawmaker to use an electric car on the job. Wildman, D-Burbank, expects to take delivery Monday of an EV1 made by General Motors. He said the two-door car will serve as his official state vehicle, to be used on district business by him and members of his staff. The $400 monthly car allowance available to all legislators will cover most of the cost of leasing the car, but Wildman will have to chip in about $80 more a month. ``I think it's really the cutting edge of new technology and the kind of message we need to send,'' he said. ``I really believe that electric vehicles have enormous potential.'' He said the teardrop-shaped car, which has a range of 70 to 90 miles between charges, has ``pretty good acceleration.'' Burbank's municipal power company is putting in a public charger CHARGER, Scotch law. He in whose favor a decree suspended is pronounced; vet a decree may be suspended before a charge is given on it. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 4, 3, 7. near his district office, he said. Wildman plans to show off the car Monday at Burbank City Hall. Calstart, a Burbank-based nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. consortium for electric-car technology, will present Wildman with an award for ``not blowing smoke.'' He said he was inspired to use an electric car by thoughts of his grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . ``When you see the smog that we get down here some days, you really think this is the kind of thing we need to be doing,'' he said. |
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