Posted on 09/25/2009 7:25:35 AM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot
The city of Boston spent $431,000 on overtime costs to deploy 629 police officers, 48 firefighters, and a raft of other workers for the funeral of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, according to information released to the Globe yesterday under a public records request.
City officials said a federal grant for “urban areas security’’ would cover $400,000 of the cost.
According to the city’s tabulation, Boston spent $359,714 on 629 police officers, $36,748 on 48 firefighters, $29,572 on 55 public health and emergency medical workers, $4,350 on 27 transportation workers, and $1,293 on six public works employees.
The city workers were used to provide security and crowd control during three days of events marking Kennedy’s death: a motorcade with the hearse that carried the late senator’s body through the city on Aug. 27; a public vigil that drew about 50,000 mourners to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Aug. 27 and 28; and a funeral Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mission Hill on Aug. 29, which drew 1,200 mourners, including President Obama and many other dignitaries requiring protection.
“It was a major, unprecedented security operation for the city of Boston, so I think it’s definitely a reasonable cost,’’ said Donald E. McGough, director of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness.
The Boston Police Department was stretched thin that week because it had sent officers to the funeral of a Weymouth police officer who was struck and killed by a car, and to the city’s annual Caribbean festival, which had been the scene of gang tensions in previous years.
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The Kennedy family could make a strong goodwill gesture by writing a check for 400 grand to the city of Boston to reimburse them.
As liberals might say about wealthy conservatives, the Kennedy family can easily pay 400 grand.
Yeah, like THAT's gonna happen.
A small price for the citizens of Boston to pay in order to finally bury the pox they foisted on the rest of America.
....except for Jacko’s.
“The Kennedy family could make a strong goodwill gesture by writing a check for 400 grand to the city of Boston to reimburse them.”
The Kennedy Family has left unpaid bills all over New England for the last 40 years.
They are royalty and we are mere serfs. As far as they are concerned, we exist to serve them.
It's not every day you have to host a funeral for a king, ya know.
This dollar amount does not cover the cost of the State Police, well over 100 thousand.
Well, I’m sure the Estate Taxes paid by the Kennedy’s will cover all expenses...
It was worth it.
Oh, LOL.
For my mothers funeral, we had to have 5 motorcycle cops for an escort at $125 each ($625 for the math impaired), which we had to pay out of pocket. Same rules should apply. They should pay up!
We'll see...When Rose Kennedy died, her estate was settled in Florida in order to avoid the high Mass taxes. She hadn't been to FL within 12 years of her assuming room temperature.
Even in death, the old POS has his hand in the taxpayers’ pocket.
>> It was worth it.
Amen. Too bad the dirt nap didn’t occur shortly before Kennedy successfully pressured the defunding of the Vietnam war (thereby condemning hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodians to an early death).
The feds promised to reimburse Pittsburgh for the security and what not at the G20 conference. My guess is that this reimbursement is about as likely as the Kennedys ponying up to the city of Boston.
Oh and if you live in Boston or Massachusetts for that matter, expect your taxes to go up to pay for this extravaganza.
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