Heartland Signal: Bernie Moreno Closed Down Local Roads To Test Drive $3.4M Imported Car
Columbus, OH – After reporting found that car salesman Bernie Moreno never reimbursed the North Olmsted Police Department for a joyride in his $3.4 million Aston Martin, video surfaced of Moreno wasting taxpayer dollars to drive his supercar on closed public roads.
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Heartland Signal: Report: Bernie Moreno closed down local roads to test drive $3.4M imported car
Richard Eberwein
May 6, 2024
In 2015, Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno used taxpayer dollars to shut down local roads so he could take a joy ride in an Aston Martin car that he purchased for $2.3 million.
Mother Jones’ Abby Vesoulis first reported on the incident last Friday. Video from Cleveland.com shows at least three police cars blocking traffic in the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted so Moreno could privately use the roads in his luxury Aston Martin Vulcan, which his dealership would later list for $3.4 million.
In a separate video from 2016, Moreno admits that he had the vehicle shipped to the United States in parts to avoid Environmental Protection Agency emissions restrictions on foreign vehicle imports. Moreno also japed, “Nobody’s here is from the EPA, right?
Prior to his recent political career, Moreno owned a chain of car dealerships in the Midwest before he began selling them off in 2019. According to recent candidate filing reports, Moreno’s net worth ranges anywhere from $25.5-105.7 million.
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