The locals need more money and we have to get it from grants, and the money that's available is for terrorism. It's not driven by national hazards. That leadership is not there.

When you have orders that go down the rung, people interpret them by putting a very tight box around them.

When Homeland Security came, everything became terrorism. There's no balance.

There's a lot of direct impact. Of course, these folks can't bring much with them, so they spend money. I just walked up from down there, and maybe the $7.2 million mutes my hearing a little bit.

During tough times, you just don't get the money you need to operate (from the state).

This seems like they are spending a lot of taxpayer money on a personal vendetta. The City Council is firm-shopping to try to reach a conclusion they like.