More Pork!

March 10, 2005
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We know it's her job and all, but we thought we'd point out that Hillary is still fighting to direct Homeland Security grants to sparsely populated rural areas.

The latest: "Grants to be awarded to Fire Departments in Angola, Central Islip, Dobbs Ferry, Glenham, Great Valley, Marathon, Marion, New Windsor, Niagara Falls, Patterson, Rochester, Schenectady and Scotia."

That includes, for example, $108,000 to the Humphrey Volunteer Fire Department in Great Valley, NY.

We don't begrudge them the new truck, but we're not sure what it has to do with homeland security.

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