Militia occupation cost state and local agencies at least $2 million

[struggle4progress]

JASON SILVERSTEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 4:00 PM

... "We could have done a whole lot of fixing issues with that money," Harney County Judge Steve Grasty told the Daily News ...

For Harney County alone, the first week cost $263,196 ... Schools and city agencies that should have been open as usual were instead closed for safety ...

The occupation cost Oregon State Police $943,735 in January ...

The takeover required more than 10,000 overtime hours from state and local authorities, totaling nearly $1 million in compensation ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/oregon-occupation-cost-government-2-million-article-1.2536514

[L. Coyote]

1. Just the start, now lawyers, jails, meals, Obamacare, dentist, all for life times numerous inmates.

[mgmaggiemg]

3. great point

[mgmaggiemg]

2. this is what extremism costs

white supremacy, christian terrorism....how do we get rid of this crpola...it's always with us but rears up and intensifies at certain times in societal transitions where progress is being made....the fight of the diseased branches gets more violent....

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Time to take Cliven Bundy's welfare land away

Keep these guys in jail until they pay back what their little escapade cost. $2 million is a lot of money for a county to burn through to babysit a bunch of yahoos (no disrespect to Yahoo).