Budget Cuts Cause Cops To Cut W.'s Extra Security

The Dallas Morning News:

The Dallas Police Department has cut back on some of the additional protection that the department provided around the Preston Hollow home of former President George W. Bush.

In addition to the usual Secret Service protection, Dallas until last week had stationed one on-duty tactical officer per eight-hour shift on the street outside the president's home. The estimated cost of that service was $300,000 for about a year, according to police officials who asked that they not be named.

Read the whole story: The Dallas Morning News

Comments

[mikeVA]

Bush should hire some of his Blackwater dudes.

[white mende man]

those guys are in such dire straits (loved the group) they may hold him h/o/s/t/a/g/e/

[Telemachus]

You mean the ones who like to drive around lighting up civilian vehicles at random, while smoking doobies and playing heavy metal? We can only hope they would park at the end of his driveway next time he needs to step out for some nachos.

[aznurse]

there is no more Blackwater , its Xu or something pronounced Q. ( I think)

[duxguts]

Why would anyone want to harm him?

[hortonhearsdawho]

mllions ain't anyone...:)

[chronic]

LOL

[barackobama4prez]

Why is already understood. Who? Well anyone willing to do hard jail time to make Bush pay. He's not really worth it IMHO.

[white mende man]

Heck send him to Iraq the US trained Iraqi army will protect him there.

[RButler]

Aren't you worried about 'friendly fire'?

[Ponderus]

Let him pay for his own security instead of living on the public dole.

[FHTB]

Ah, Dumbyah, WELFARE QUEEN!

[capricorndevil]

He should be able to pay for his own security from the proceeds he receives from the speaking engagements.

[SeeJaneRunning]

Ditto Obama and his book royalties?

[darker]

NOT DITTO. NOT. Obama is president whom the Secret Service is mandated to protect.
Bush is a nobody now = NOT president. Taxpayers need not fork out any
money for Bush. Stick a fork in 'im.

[Hollywooddeed]

The oil companies should be glad to provide some muscle to protect their benefactor.

[valkyrie607]

Someone who is more of a glutton for punishment than me needs to log into the Dallas Morning News. Apparently the locals think that the reporter who revealed this information is a bad person, because now terrorists will be able to take their shot at W.

[loriinseattle]

So I guess this means no more motorcades by the Texas Schoolbook Depository?!?!?!

[madtom]

The wealthy Dallas northsiders who spat on Adlai Stevenson and facilitated the assassination of President Kennedy will gladly pitch in some of their spare change to protect Dubya.

[madtom]

The same wealthy North Dallas folks who funded the hit on JFK should be happy to contribute some spare change to protect Dubya.

[madtom]

Sorry about the doublepost -- just trying to slip past our surly censors here.

[white mende man]

Off the wagon Mr. ExPresident? lookin' kinda flushed.

[madtom]

Sure does. Maybe some nose candy, too.

[darker]

Bush should be FLUSHED. Down THE TOILET. The sooner, the better!

[imsosure]

I hope it's making him nervous as hell too.

[wndrwrthg]

Good, now pull the secret service.

[notyouraveragebear]

Can't he get Che ney

to loan him some guys from Haliburton? Or black water?

Or maybe Bush should just hide in his cellar ala Che ney!!!

[HekmabaJuzimax]

I hear there's some N e o n a z i 's in town who will provide their services free of charge.

[white mende man]

I'm sure there are enough Republicans left out there willing to keep watch on some kind of rotation deal.

[TXfemmom]

Well, there goes the neighborhood one more time. Bush is getting paid a lot to make speeches, and I cannot imagine that anyone would pay him to do that, so he should pay for any additional protection he needs. Daddy was big in the Carlisle group so he is flush.

Besides, all of us know that GW and Cheney made off with much of the millions and millions which just disappeared in Iraq.

[USA2Sense]

Georgie's got the money - let him pay for any additional security.......

[gakabani]

He can hire BkackWater personel for free, he is a pathetic ex-president.