Firefighters outraged at Bush budget cuts

[SHRED]

Did Bush succeed in getting these cuts through back in 2004?
Did they affect the preparedness for these current fires?

Firefighters outraged at Bush budget cuts

By Dana Wilkie and Joe Cantlupe
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
3:12 p.m. February 5, 2004

WASHINGTON – President Bush's new budget would slash by one-third the money that thousands of fire departments rely on to keep their communities safe – including at least 10 in San Diego that fought last year's wildfires.

The nation's firefighters are outraged by the White House plan, which would take $250 million away from grants that help rural agencies in particular to buy new firetrucks, protective clothing, breathing apparatus, water tanks and other equipment critical to battling blazes.

In the past three years, San Diego-area fire agencies won almost $6 million of this money, while departments heavily involved in fighting the recent wildfires used nearly $2 million of that.

"We're very grateful and lucky to have been selected to receive these funds in past years, but the job is far from finished," said Dave Nissen, whose San Diego Rural Fire Protection District was among the first last October to respond to wildfires that erupted in San Diego County. "Fire agencies still have huge needs for services and equipment so they can do their jobs. This was an avenue that helped address those needs."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040205-1512-cnsfiremoney.html


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[billyoc]

1. Yeah, Rove was furious when they endorsed Kerry.

That usually leads to people getting dead.

[ChiciB1]

2. Well, I Guess They'll Have To Call On Guilliani Now Won't They???

There is no longer ANY SANITY left here in America!!! I don't know WHY I put myself through this stuff all the time! Firefighters have ALWAYS gotten the short end, but so have MINERS, Steel Workers and most any Union Based employee!

And from what I'm seeing lately, I'm not sure the Democrats are Democrats anymore! Oh, there are some true blues still there, but what Pelosi did regarding Pete Stark has me completely going BONKERS!!

As we sit here on our butts typing away, we are getting ROYALLY screwed and may even soon become a MONARCHY in America! Kings & Queens running this country and then we can call it AmeriGLAND!

Millions and millions and millions of dollars being spent on a WAR and Political campaigns! And I HONESTLY believe it's NOT GOING TO STOP unless of course we GOST, (get out shit together) and STORM D.C. in a MASSIVE uprising! Nobody is listening anymore and ANYONE who wants to DO something about it gets BLASTED and SHAMED into SILENCE! It SUCKS, but it's also SICKENING!!!!