I don't understand this statement at all. This hurts US. This hurts St. Paul.
I can't imagine how this hurts Randy Kelly personally. This will just mean more budget shortfalls for our city. I find your comment very unhelpful in any meaningful discussion. Joelle Tegwen West Side --- David Shove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It couldn't have happened to a nicer person. > > --David Shove > Roseville > > > > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Andy Driscoll wrote: > > > Here�s the payoff for Kelly�s political duplicity � a (so-called) > DFLer�s > > support and campaign for the rightwing incumbent President. Kelly > traveled > > the state campaigning for Bush, only to get this news a month after > the > > election (punishment for Kerry�s taking Minnesota big time?): > > > > Andy Driscoll > > Ward 2/Crocus Hill > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from > > The Newswire: e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Homeland security funds cut in east metro > > > > Her�n M�rquez Estrada > > Star Tribune > > > > Published December 4, 2004 > > > > The federal government dropped a bomb on St. Paul and Ramsey and > Dakota > > counties this week, withdrawing about $7 million in homeland > security > > funding. > > > > "It is an unfortunate turn of events," said Judson Freed, who > oversees > > emergency management and homeland security for Ramsey County. "They > told us > > for sure there'd be another year of funding." > > > > The jurisdictions learned of the decision Thursday night when the > Department > > of Homeland Security announced $855 million in grants for 2005 to > help > > cities considered at highest risk of terrorist attacks. > > > > "It was quite a shock," David Gisch, Dakota County's coordinator of > > emergency preparedness, said Friday afternoon. "No hint, no > nothing." > > > > While Minneapolis and Hennepin County got $5.7 million for 2005, > St. Paul > > and the eastern counties were shut out. > > > > "To say the east metro doesn't have the same risks as the west > metro makes > > no sense," said St. Paul Deputy Mayor Dennis Flaherty, who > described the > > action as "a silly bureaucratic decision that somebody made in > Washington, > > D.C." > > > > The only explanation local officials were given is that the > Department of > > Homeland Security was trying to spread out the grants and include > areas such > > as Honolulu that had not received money in the past. > > > > "Some of it does make sense," Freed said. But he and others said > that the > > decision to cut came too late in the budget process and that they > planned to > > ask Minnesota members of Congress for help in restoring the funds. > > > > Area officials said the loss of the grants won't affect county or > city > > operations but will slow down training and equipment purchases. > > > > "The homeland security efforts ... are going to go on, but we are > not going > > to move as quickly as we would like," Freed said Friday afternoon. > > > > St. Paul, Ramsey and Dakota counties got more than $7 million this > year from > > the federal government for urban homeland security measures. The > city got > > half and the counties 25 percent each. > > > > County officials said they were assured they would get roughly the > same > > amount for 2005 and budgeted accordingly, Freed said. > > > > Among things area officials planned to do with the money was hire > people to > > help address homeland security issues. The counties also were going > to buy > > equipment for police, fire and medical personnel. > > > > "We see this as an abandonment of prior commitments made by the > president > > and the Homeland Security Department," Victoria Reinhardt, the > Ramsey County > > Board chairwoman, said in a written statement. "It's a bait and > switch." > > > > Minnesota received about $22 million in homeland security funding > for urban > > areas, with nearly all of the money focused on the Twin Cities, > Ramsey, > > Hennepin and Dakota counties, which had coordinated their efforts. > > > > "We're not going to let this decision impact the relationships that > we have > > in the public safety area," said Flaherty. > > > > Freed noted that St. Paul and Ramsey County are as close or closer > > (geographically) to Minneapolis than some Hennepin County > municipalities. > > > > Heron Marquez is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > � Copyright 2004 Star Tribune. 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