Monday, May 23, 2011

With most of Texas burned up this year

I can see where Republican/Teabaggers don't think they will need as much money in the years ahead.
The Texas Forest Service faces almost $34 million in budget cuts over the next two years, roughly a third of the agency’s total budget. The cuts are in both the House and Senate versions of the proposed state budget. [...]

Assistance grants [for volunteer fire departments] are likely to take the biggest hit. Volunteers — two of whom were killed in fighting this year’s fires — make up nearly 80 percent of the state’s fire-fighting force and are first responders to roughly 90 percent of wildfires in Texas.
And Gov. Good Hair says Texas is a model for emergency preparedness. Some one needs to recast their model.

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