CA: Davis blames Bush for lack of homeland security reimbursement

SJ Mercury News ^ | 3/8/03 | AP - Sacramento

[NormsRevenge]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gray Davis criticized the Bush administration and the Republican-led Congress today for failing to reimburse states for their homeland security costs.

Target-rich California alone is spending more than $500 million a year on increased security after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Davis said. During the recent national upgrade to alert level ``orange,'' the California Highway Patrol spent more than $1 million on extra patrols and precautions over a two-week period, he said.

[Poseidon]

If Kalifornia wasn't so liberal with it's immigration problem, I think I'd tend to agree that the federal government should foot the bill. However, given Kalifornia's propensity for looking the other way when it comes to illegals, going so far as to consider in-state tuition for them, I think that they should bear the brunt of the cost for their irresponsibility. But then, being a liberal means that you don't have to. (/sarcasm)

[evolved_rage]

National Guard troops have been deployed at bridges like San Francisco's Golden Gate

After the girly-man Davis had a hissy fit over a confidential FBI warning... Hey Red Davis, time to fire some of your pigs at the trough, and save some real money.

[Mister Baredog]

California Gov. Gray Davis criticized the Bush administration and the Republican-led Congress today for failing to reimburse states for their homeland security costs

This is Democrats at their best(not saying much) First they create the problem(Davis didn't notice that last year for the first time in almost 30 years the US Senate did not pass the budget)So it was up to the new Republican Senate to clean up the mess. Did the Dems try to help. NO, instead they spent the first month of this year slowing down the process and trying to add hundreds of billions to every thing in the budget. They tied up the senate for weeks on this tactic. All the while they are busy complaining that Bush hasn't given the moneies out to the first responders, etc. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HURT BUSH(the country be damned)THEY WILL TRY TO PREVENT ANYTHING HE IS FOR NO MATTER WHAT(SCUMBAGS)

[Amerigomag]

The irony in Davis' allegations is startling.

As Poseidon pointed out, Davis is quick to recognize the cost of protecting his state from "terrorists" but alsolutely resfuses to publically acknowledge the financial destruction being created by his embrace of unregulated immigration.

The greatest irony is that had Davis allowed Proposition 187 to undergo SCOTUS review, the surviving elements of Proposition 187 would have prevented the current economic crisis, including Davis' mangling of the "energy crisis".

It is of little comfort to know that California's embrace of unregulated immigration is not sustainable. The rubber will meet the road, even in a robust economy, within the next ten years if California persist in it's efforts to educate and support the worlds poor. As large as it is, the California eceonomy can't fund a generous social saftey net for both itself and its southern neighbors.

[aimhigh]

In other words, Davis wants the rest of the country to pay his bills.