Friday, July 29, 2005

The Anti-Funds Went Where?

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is asking Attorney General Peter Harvey for a detailed analysis of how the $300 million in federal anti-terror funds have been spent in the state. He is also questioning why New Jersey has only spent around $80 million of the money available. Quoted in a Star Ledger article, Frelinghuysen said:
"The U.S. House of Representatives is doing its part by passing legislation that would send more federal homeland security resources to New Jersey and other high-threat areas where risk is greatest," noted. ...Clearly, there also needs to be assurances in place that the funds New Jersey has received to date are being distributed according to risk and vulnerability, not politics."

You just know that the Attorney General is going to claim that he can't release detailed information of the spending for security reasons. I, for one, am very concerned that there is no comprehensive plan for dealing with terror activities in this state. Maybe we need to hire Golan Cipel as Terror Czar!

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