TX terror funds going towards lawn mower drag racing!

[rainbow4321]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D87F4ITO0.html


Texas has not ensured that the hundreds of millions of dollars in homeland security grants it has distributed over the past several years is being spent to prevent terrorist attacks, according to a state audit.

One county bought 18 radios and other communication equipment from a company owned by one of its county commissioners, according to the report. The county also paid to install a radio in the commissioner's personal vehicle.

The audit's findings mirror some of the weaknesses identified in a September report by The Dallas Morning News. The newspaper found that some cities used anti-terrorism funds to buy equipment for traffic stops, drug investigations and even community festivals.

In another jurisdiction, an agency used a trailer bought with grant funds to haul public education materials, according to the audit. Another hauled lawn mowers to "lawn mower drag races," the report says

[yella_dawg]

1. Mow them terrists down, by golly!

[fryguy]

2. don't know what disturbs me more.....

that people race lawn mowers or that Homeland Security money isn't going to first responders and jursidictions (like NY) that need it most

[NYC]

3. It's a combination of the two for me.

If they can use security funds to transport lawn mowers to lawn mower drag races, they don't need the money.