Tong Unleashed: Taxpayers Providing New AG With Giant SUV.

George Jepsen drove a Ford Escape. His successor as attorney general, William Tong, requested the taxpayers furnish him with a Chevrolet Tahoe. That’s the supersized SUV that burns prodigious amounts of fossil fuel. Not very green of the privileged prep school graduate. The Stamford Democrat’s first press release after assuming the job Wednesday was on emissions. Climate change for thee, but not for me.

State Treasurer Shawn Wooden, who also was sworn into office on Wednesday, has been seen driving a more appropriate Ford Explorer as he undertakes his duties.

The vehicles, it should be recalled, are for official activities, not personal use. Also, constitutional officers do not need a state employee to ferry them from home to the office and back.

The larger and ominous reveal from Tong’s astonishing choice is not the Tahoe, which is bad enough. It’s that he is not sensible enough to have someone close to him that can speak with candor and warn him of a bad choice. Time to worry.