NY DAILY NEWS Demands Firing Of Chertoff

[Sleepless In NY]

Michael Chertoff must be fired


Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told New York to drop dead yesterday as he slashed the city's federal anti-terror funding in a traitorous action that endangers the lives of 8 million people and demands his immediate firing.
Chertoff's decision to cut the flow of U.S. money by 40% was at the least gross incompetence and at the worst vengeful payback by a petty bureaucrat who tangled last year with the NYPD and wound up humiliated. Either way, President Bush must give Chertoff the boot with a hearty, "Heck of a job, Mikey."

This city, America's No. 1 target, had to fight long and hard for federal terror aid while Congress doled out the money as pork rather than based on threat. That was supposed to change this year because Chertoff was given the power to allocate much of the funding based on where it was needed most. Instead, fresh from monumentally bungling the U.S. response to Hurricane Katrina, he went out of his way to whack New York's slice of the national pie from $208 million to $124 million. The No. 2 target, Washington, also took a huge hit from Chertoff's team.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/422450p-356589c.html

Also:
Feds to city: drop dead

Homeland honcho cuts funds by 40%


BY MICHAEL SAUL in New York and MICHAEL McAULIFF in Washington
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

The city was stunned yesterday to find that its share of federal anti-terror funds was slashed nearly in half by bureaucrats who said it has no national icons to protect and lousy defense plans.


Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff determined, however, that cities that have never been targeted by Al Qaeda — like Louisville, Atlanta and Omaha — deserve whopping increases.


"This is a knife in the back," fumed a furious Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. "As far as I'm concerned, the Department of Homeland Security has declared war on New York."


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/422635p-356751c.html

Also:

They're making a monumental error
Michael Daly



The federal Homeland Security Department has this to say about the home of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Empire State Building, the New York Stock Exchange, the Brooklyn Bridge, the United Nations, Yankee Stadium, the country's biggest subway system, Grant's Tomb, Grand Central Terminal, the Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Hall.

"NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND ICONS - 0"


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/422593p-356715c.html


Good idea to give Senators Schumer & Clinton a call about this. I haven't heard any statement from them yet...waiting

[babylonsister]

1. The NY Daily News sure gets to the heart of the matter, and in

a spectacular way! Who wouldn't want to buy that issue and 'read all about it'?

[rodeodance]

3. recall that Chertoff was the attorney who went after Sen. Clinton in the

whitewater case I believe. I forget the details but think he took over for Ken Starr?

[stepnw1f]

2. I Heard this on the Radio Yesterday

Well America? Do you need anymore proof that this administration does not have your best interests in mind. They aren't protecting us, they are endangering us all and destroying a government that is supposed to serve the people.

[Javaman]

4. HLS - the agency of pork and special interest. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Well, Bush is at 21% approval in New York

So why should he care?

This is policy by petty politics and revenge. It is outrageous, of course, but par for the course for a group that does not know how to govern. This isn't leadership. It's small vindictiveness, and it will likely cause thousands of people their lives.

[KoKo]

6. Yes, Governance by Vendetta....it's all they know... n/t

[babylonsister]

7. Recommend! nt

[cap]

8. louisville, omaha, and atlanta gain funding???

what electoral stuff is going on down there that the Republicans need funding for?