You know it's amazing that this bullshit war against tourism as KGB (king george) puts it is waged against the American citizens and less than 1/3 of us are still falling for it. Even our Democratic Congress pushed through some more "security" measures under the guise of 'finally' instituting the suggestions of the Sept. 11, 2001 Commission most of which call for more security involving guess who?
You and me, the American terrorists. Read for Yourself !!
This follows up closely the bullshit WAR ON DRUGS which has been another money siphon out of our pockets into THEIRS for years. (drugs and wars are bad .... mmmmmmkay?)
Anyway, here is a funny little trick that reveals very quickly what georgeco and tampaco and tpdco and sheriffco (EVERYWHERE in AmeriKa) are up to. Besides the heinous acts they are casually pulling on innocent women and children and other citizens in Florida.
You simply take the word security and replace it with control and you have the whole picture and NO I did not think this up myself but isn't it CLEVER and revealing?
Here ya go ....
Boost In CONTROL (Security) Money Sought
By VALERIE KALFRIN The Tampa Tribune
Published: Jan 11, 2007
TAMPA - After a year of being relegated to a "sustainability list" of targets in danger of losing federal homeland CONTROL (security) funding, the Tampa area could receive an influx of cash in the months ahead, a local CONTROL official said Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Homeland CONTROL on Friday released a broad outline for the distribution of $746.9 million earmarked for 45 high-density urban areas nationwide during this fiscal year.
Six areas designated as having the highest risk will compete for $410.8 million, or 55 percent of the money, Homeland CONTROL Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a news conference.
These areas are Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.; the California Bay area; Chicago; Houston; Washington, D.C.; and New York City and Northern New Jersey.
The Tampa Urban Area CONTROL Initiative - which includes Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Hillsborough and Pinellas counties - is one of 39 urban areas competing for $336.1 million, or 45 percent of the money. Also ranked in this classification are the urban areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Jacksonville.
The "sustainability list" is gone.
Although the Tampa area won't know for months how much money it will receive, the classification change bolstered the hopes of Tampa Assistant Police Chief Jane Castor, the point of contact for Tampa's CONTROL initiative.
"We are spending the money very well, and some of the things we've implemented are best practices they're looking to implement elsewhere," she said.
The Tampa area received $8.8 million of homeland CONTROL money during the last fiscal year, most of which is being used toward updating the area's radio systems so rescue agencies can better communicate with each other, Castor said.
Tampa also has been a test site for CONTROL software that catalogs a city's infrastructure and assesses the risks from various crises.
Called Site Profiler, this software is also used by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Castor said Miami and the state of Florida also are planning to implement it.
Between the 2003 and 2006 fiscal years, the Tampa area has received $31.6 million in CONTROL money, records show.
The Miami area has received $64 million - the most of the participating Florida areas. Orlando, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale respectively have received $18.2 million, $16.2 million and $10 million.
The Department of Homeland CONTROL ranked each urban area by its infrastructure, threat level and population density. In the past, Castor said, officials' classifications - such as counting all military bases equally regardless of function - raised concerns.
"We just wanted to ensure we were assessed appropriately," she said. "The fact that we had MacDill Air Force Base, which is running the war, was no different than a training facility in the middle of America."
Chertoff said the agency fine-tuned the process by which the areas are classified and compete for money.
Each urban area must submit up to 15 projects for peer review, with estimates for time, equipment and personnel. The reviewing groups recommend revisions, allowing for more funding opportunities, he said.
For instance, if an urban area suggested instituting a radar network and patrol boats to guard a series of ports, the panel might recommend omitting the radar network because the Coast Guard already has such a system.
Reporter Valerie Kalfrin can be reached at (813) 259-7800 or vkalfrin@tampatrib.com
And there you have it.
Tell you what I personally have heard these billions have been spent on: Your basic wine, women and song including the prostitutes at the fire station. Fine cigars that TPD smokes right in the brand new shiny cars and vans and whatever else they have finagled with these millions. I'm not privy to the under the table stuff but there's no accountability here and I happen to know for a FACT that the communication between Tampa, Pinellas, Pasco and etc etc... 'responders' and half the Eastern Seaboard has been fine-tuned for some time now.
Welcome to HOMELAND CONTROL, folks. Unless you wake up, speak up and stand up --- it's here to stay.
Oh and on a personal note, the stalking is revving up again (documentation documentation documentation) and the car, house are tit for tat.
Great job guys and how's that working out for you?