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Last Sunday's front-page story on what type of cars our top local officials drive summarized that "The worst offender is Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll, who has driven the most miles at taxpayer expense and whose Dodge Ram pickup truck gets the worst gas mileage of any of the elected officials."

Problem is Carroll didn't drive the most miles at taxpayer expense. That was City Councilman Steve Leal. Carroll drove his county-owned 2006 Dodge Ram 4,097 miles. Leal put 6,067 miles on his city-owned 2007 Ford Crown Victoria.

A correction ran Tuesday on A2.

Miles driven were over the most recent three-month period for which records were available: February to April for the county and November to January for the city.

Driving a truck with poor gas mileage doesn't make an elected official a "worst offender."

"Offender" seems a poor word choice and judgmental toward those who drive a truck.

Carroll was paraphrased as saying that "he tried to select an economical vehicle that would still get him to remote parts of his district."

He went on: "I need my truck. I need some clearance. I have a big district (District 4), and I have been going to a lot of Forest Service meetings," referring to the meetings on the proposed Rosemont mine.

Fair enough.

Left unexplained was why Leal drove more than twice the number of miles of any surveyed city officials who drove city vehicles and got their gas for free.

Contacted Friday afternoon, while he was out of the office, Leal said: "I go to meetings. And I have high cell-phone bills, too. I call people back myself. I pride myself in being accessible. I say 'yes' to going to stuff."

"To some this looks awful," he said.

"I show up where I'm invited," he said of the 18 to 20 meetings he attends each week.

The Hallmark Channel returns to TV Week today. The channel was added back by popular demand to the daily Accent page listings Tuesday. Hallmark was dropped from the Star's TV listings after both Cox and Comcast, the two major cable providers in Pima County, moved the channel to their digital subscription tier. Viewers pay a premium and receive on-screen programming information at this level.

A second change in TV Week today is that the color coding that highlighted movies, sports, news and family program has been eliminated.

Two facts readers should know as summer vacations begin:

● The Star will be available seven days a week in the White Mountains starting Friday through Labor Day. It's available at select restaurants and convenience and grocery stores.

● The best way to put your home-delivery subscription on hold while you're on vacation is to manage your account online at Tucson.com/ezaccess.

When putting your subscription on hold, remember to click on "submit" at the end. You'll see a note that confirms your instructions and receive a confirmation e-mail. Without both, your papers will pile up.

"Dilbert" moves from Business to the comic page in Accent as of Monday. "Dilbert" replaces "Tina's Groove."

Contact Debbie Kornmiller weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 434-4080 or at advocate@azstarnet.com.