Schwuler just spent $400,000 to buy 300 votes!!!
Posted on 12/01/2004 12:26:24 PM PST by scottybk
The federal government will spend $400,000 to set up security cameras in 300 bodegas in New York City as part of a project called "Operation Safe Store," Sen. Charles Schumer announced yesterday.
The senator said the money was vital because many bodegas are located in high-crime neighborhoods and keep late hours.
Speaking at Washington Heights' Natalia Grocery, whose owner was robbed at gunpoint, Schumer (D-N.Y.) said crime data would determine which of the city's 14,000 bodegas get the cameras and silent alarms.
The $400,000 appropriation, inserted by Schumer into a multibillion-dollar spending bill, will be administered by the Bodega Association of the United States — which, despite its name, will spend the money only in the city.
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Because the Army-surplus 1911s are all clapped out. And they could spend about $500 each to get them brand-spankin'-new 1911s from Springfield, Inc. or some other civvie arms manufacturer.
Because the gun is the first thing they steal -- even before the cash -- when robbing a bodega.
What's a bodega?
Assuming the last, is there something "special" about bodegas, as compared to other, non-Hispanic grocery and/or convenience stores in the city, to justify their extra Federal protection?
A bodega is a spanish word meaning "liquor store." However, in urban areas they have become like convenience stores in other parts of the country. In NYC they don't carry liquor, only beer. They are characterized by red and yellow tin awnings and (depending on the neighborhood) advertisements for cigarettes and malt liquor/beer in the windows.
A very small convienece store or ethnic grocery, usually 500-100 sq. ft. They usually do a lot of state lotto business, which makes them have decent amounts of cash on hand, which tempts robbers.
Yeah, I was thinking this:
1) the feds have abso-freekin-lootly no business spending any money on anything like this... cameras, guns, any of this squat and
2) if you must spend some money, which of course is bull$h!t ... But, if you do spend some money, how about we spend it on English and assimilation angles. If I'm in Tijuana or Monterrey I'll go to a bodega. In New York, I'll go to a store, damnit. Sheesh.
Not to be confused with Korean salad bar delis...
"Bodega" is Spanish for warehouse. It's sometimes used for store (as is "tienda").
Schwuler just spent $400,000 to buy 300 votes!!!
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