Kelly: GOP Security Could Cost $65M (For Convention in NYC)

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-convention-costs,0,3847684.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

The police department's security costs at this summer's Republican National Convention could climb to $65 million, far higher than the city's previous estimate, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration had said the city would spend $22 million for police protection, plus $5 million for insurance and sanitation for the convention, to be held at Madison Square Garden from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.

The federal government has agreed to provide the city with $25 million for security costs.

But Kelly's estimate would mean city security expenses would outstrip even the $64 million the convention's organizer, the New York City Host Committee, raised privately to hold the convention. No host committee funds would be used for security.

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and supplement them with the rent a cops.

Those two Screen Actors Guild members in firefighter hats cannot possibly provide adequate security for the entire Republican convention.

What kind of Enron accounting is that?!

One good thing, they'll have their hands full with the protestors.

- snip - Kelly testified that the expenses include special training for some 6,000 officers, new surveillance cameras, 300 motorized scooters for officers and special portable barricades capable of stopping trucks that will ring the Garden. - snip -

There are already outstanding monies promised to the City of New York dating back to 9.11, and as a result of this continuing "terror-alert" fiasco.

I sure am glad South Dakota is getting sufficient funding for terrorism security.

How about we just inundate convention goers with bogus quality of life violations so the repubs can pay their tab. Hey, its been working for Bloomberg so far...

Where is Mikey-B these days anyway? He sure has been quiet. Must be hard being a Dem turned Repub these days.

,...one of Bush's favorite places in the whole, wide world; then they would feel safe and save money, too! :bounce:

Its NYC's money, so they don't give a shit how much it costs.

bragging about all the money Bush is raising.. Why should a largely democratic city , literally take food out of the mouths of poor people, so a bunch of rich people can party like it's 1699? (not a typo:)..)

Why should the People have to pay for this Republican charade?

Why should the People have to pay for this Republican charade?

We should put 100,000 Firemen and EMT's in the streets. I'm sure NYPD will relish clubbing their "Band of Brothers" on behalf of their Landlords, Bloomshit + the GOPers:puke: