Jer wrote:
> <pre>
> POLITICAL ESSAYS
> The Overrun
> `
> `
> Monday, February 6, 2006
> Washington Post
> ATF Director Is Linked to Cost Over-
> runs For New Building
> `
> Concerning ATF Director Truscott,
> the Post reports:
> `
> "...the approximately $1 million
> annual cost of an extensive secur-
> ity detail for Truscott, who spent
> 22 years at the Secret Service be-
> fore coming to ATF."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> February 28, 1993
> `
> GUNNED DOWN
> `
> Winston Blake
> `
> Peter Gent
> `
> Peter Hipsman
> `
> Perry Jones
> `
> Michael Schroeder
> `
> Jaydean Wendell
> `
> `
> "The expenditures pay for five
> full-time agents and two armored
> Chevrolet Suburbans, which have
> not been made available to pre-
> vious ATF directors or to the
> heads of comparable agencies,
> such as the U.S. Marshals Ser-
> vice...."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> April 19, 1993
> `
> POISON-GASSED
> AND INCINERATED
> `
> Katherine Andrade
> `
> Chanel Andrade
> `
> Jennifer Andrade
> `
> George Bennett
> `
> Susan Benta
> `
> Mary Jean Borst
> `
> Pablo Cohen
> `
> Abedowalo Davies
> `
> `
> "In December 2004, Truscott
> received upgraded protection
> comparable to that for the
> heads of the CIA, FBI, the
> Drug Enforcement Administra-
> tion and NASA."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Shari Doyle
> `
> Beverly Elliot
> `
> Yvette Fagan
> `
> Doris Fagan
> `
> Lisa Marie Farris
> `
> Raymond Friesen
> `
> Sandra Hardial
> `
> Zilla Henry
> `
> `
> Concerning the new ATF head-
> quarters, the Post reports:
>
> "One of the first major federal
> projects to adhere to stringent
> security measures enacted after
> the Oklahoma City bombings, it
> includes a striking decorative
> wall that doubles as a blast
> shield."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Vanessa Henry
> `
> Phillip Henry
> `
> Paulina Henry
> `
> Stephen Henry
> `
> Diana Henry
> `
> Novellette Hipsman
> `
> Floyd Houtman
> `
> Sherri Jewell
> `
> `
> "The ATF headquarters' contracted
> price was $119.7 million in May
> 2004. Now the building...is ex-
> pected to cost at least $138.5
> million when it is completed...."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> David M. Jones
> `
> David Koresh
> `
> Rachel Howell
> `
> Cyrus Howell
> `
> Star Howell
> `
> Bobbie Lane Koresh
> `
> Jeffery Little
> `
> Nicole Gent Little
> `
> `
> "ATF has also spent an additional
> $75 million for site acquisition,
> design, furniture and other costs
> ...."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Nicole's unborn child
> `
> Dayland Gent
> `
> Page Gent
> `
> Livingston Malcolm
> `
> Diane Martin
> `
> Wayne Martin Sr
> `
> Lisa Martin
> `
> Sheila Martin
> `
> `
> "...more than $9 million of the
> increases is because of exten-
> sive design changes that were
> made necessary by ATF's move
> from the Treasury Department to
> Justice and a reorganization of
> the agency."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Anita Martin
> `
> Wayne Martin Jr
> `
> Julliete Martinez
> `
> Crystal Martinez
> `
> Isaiah Martinez
> `
> Joseph Martinez
> `
> Abigail Martinez
> `
> Audrey Martinez
> `
> `
> "The rest [of the construction
> cost increases since 2004] are
> primarily because of security
> modifications...."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> John-Mark McBean
> `
> Bernadette Monbelly
> `
> Rosemary Morrison
> `
> Melissa Morrison
> `
> Sonia Murray
> `
> Theresa Norbrega
> `
> James Riddle
> `
> Rebecca Saipaia
> `
> `
> Concerning hoop-jumping, the Post
> reports:
> `
> "The director overruled some sub-
> ordinates by adding about 500 em-
> ployees in the past year, many of
> whom do not have desks or office
> space because of the agency's bud-
> get problems...."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Steve Schneider
> `
> Judy Schneider
> `
> Mayanah Schneider
> `
> Clifford Sellors
> `
> Scott Kojiro Sonobe
> `
> Floracita Sonobe
> `
> Gregory Summers
> `
> Aisha Gyrfas Summers
> `
> `
> "Meanwhile, [sources] said, Tru-
> scott has devoted much of his
> time to the new headquarters.
> `
> "At one meeting, they said, he
> and his aides discussed the rel-
> ative merits of shower curtains
> vs. shower doors, and soap dis-
> pensers vs. soap dishes for the
> building's gymnasium area...."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Aisha's unborn child
> `
> Startle Summers
> `
> Lorraine Sylvia
> `
> Rachel Sylvia
> `
> Hollywood Sylvia
> `
> Michelle Jones Thibodeau
> `
> Serenity Jones
> `
> Chica Jones
> `
> `
> "...Truscott added costs by chang-
> ing a floor tile order in one area
> because the original design 'made
> him dizzy.'"
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> Little One Jones
> `
> Neal Vaega
> `
> Margarida Vaega
> `
> Mark H. Wendell
> `
> `
> Concerning the ATF myth, the Post
> reports:
> `
> "The ATF plays a central role in
> policing violent crimes, tracking
> illegal guns and working to prevent
> explosives from getting into the
> hands of terrorists."
> `
> Well, of course!
> `
> `
> `
> `
> The newsstory ran on page one of
> the print edition.
> `
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/05/AR2006020501073_pf.html
> `
> '
> The list of those murdered is
> adapted from pages xii, xiii, and
> xiv of--
> `
> Carol Moore
> `
> The Davidian Massacre
> `
> Legacy Communications & Gun Owners
> Foundation
> `
> First edition, October 1995
> `
> Paperback
> `
> 494+ pages
> `
> ISBN 1 880692 22 8
> `
> `
> </pre>
>
|
