here at highland ford.. just outside of chicago - they've sold about 60 new cars under the cash for clunkers program.. and they're now waiting for the cash. there are some car dealers in the chicago area that are waiting to get paid reportedly up to half a million dollars from the us government. that's why they're keeping the clunkers on their lots...not disabling the engine until after they get paid. i'm confident we'll get paid, just hope it's more timely payment al frisch president of highland ford says many car dealers will soon face a cash crunch if they don't get paid soon... some dealers even stopped selling new cars under the cash for clunkers program until they get paid. we're getting close to running out...right now maintain and continue to do business since cash for clunkers started at the end of july .. more than 400-thousand new cars were sold under the program.... car dealers say they were told it would be a 10 day turn around from the time they submitted paper work.. to recieiving the 3500 or

ford tauruses. another has just two. and he has use of just one city-owned car, a toyota highlander. another mayor that is a lincoln navigator and a smart car. he prefers to drive the cars him sefment one other perq that seems to set baltimore apart, mayor dixon's two personal aides. they are the retired police officers that made $60,000 each. one of them, howard dixon, no relation to the mayor, shows up twice in the new indictments of the mayor. the indictment says he took $4,000 cash from her in 2004 and at her instruction used it to pay her american express bill from his account. and he used five gift cards allegedly stolen by the mayor to buy a play station. he is not accused of any crime, he's a witness in the case. mayor dixon also benefits from 24-hour police protection at her home. dixon's executive protection unit is the same size as the one used by martin o'malley. asked fo today if dixon is considering cutting back miller executive protection unit, a spokesperson said everything is on the table as city agencies look to cut 5% from their budgets. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 ne