"The New York Times" reported that the appointee had objected to proposals considered by Pruitt's staff to buy a $100,000-a-month charter aircraft membership, spend $70,000 on two desks for Pruitt's office, and spend $43,000 on a sound-proof security booth.The appointee first asked Pruitt privately to rein in his spending, but then did it through intermediaries after he got frozen out.