With an ego that big, it's necessary to widen the roads....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/412066p-348503c.html
Daily News 4/26/06
Road to Rudy will run Iowans $50G

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's planned trip to Iowa next week is already
costing taxpayers there $50,000 - for a special exit ramp to deal with
the planned crowds.

Giuliani, making his first foray into the presidential battleground
state since 2004, is due to speak at a "Get Motivated" seminar in Des
Moines on Monday, along with former boxing champ George Foreman,
personal finance guru Suze Orman and others.

But state officials are so worried that the expected 18,000 attendees
will jam area roads, they are paying a contractor an extra $50,000 to
widen a section of Interstate 235 and keep open an exit ramp that was
due to close for repairs.

"It is in the interest of public safety," said Bill Lusher, a project
manager for the Iowa Department of Transportation. "We are hoping that
as a result of this, we will have safe access to the [Giuliani] event
and hopefully avoid any accidents."

The former mayor, who is known to be weighing a bid for President in
2008, is also due to headline a state party fund-raiser in Des Moines
and, later, raise money for Republican Rep. Jim Nussle, who is running
for governor.

David Saltonstall