US cities say they short-changed in war on terror

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02389138.htm

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, June 3 (Reuters) - Almost three years after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, many American cities complain that federal money to train and equip police, fire and other emergency workers is still merely trickling through to those who need it most.

The biggest U.S. cities say they are being short-changed in the fight against terrorism by red tape and flaws in the system for handing out federal funds to prepare for future attacks. snip

Worse still, major centers like Los Angeles, New York and Washington complain they are losing out because of a system that failed to make sure money would be directed to the most vulnerable places.

A formula that mandates 40 percent of the money in the main Homeland Security grant program be divided equally among U.S. states has meant rural states with few obvious targets receive up to six times more money per capita than high risk places like New York.

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1. more money for police? What the current police state is not good enough?

This seems like just a bureaucratic money grab to me.

The Dept of Homeland(ugh) Insecurity should be dismantled. We should try to turn back from the police state.

Not a good chance of doing that, but we ought to try. :-(