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They sure don't have to worry about crime do they?Gated communities and bodyguards.I don't think they have clue.They are way too seperated from the average person out here.
Look at the cost from taxpayers to keep them safe.Elitists in the true meaning of the word.
California does most to protect officials
Bodyguards serve statewide leaders
Associated Press
August 7, 2000
SACRAMENTO - Among all the states, only California provides bodyguards to
all its statewide officials, including its superintendent of public instruction.
It will cost California taxpayers more than $31 million this year to protect those
seven officials and others who work in protected state buildings.
All that security is provided even though Californians are known for their
indifference to their governing class.
"There's very low visibility for state officials, particularly once we get past the
governor," said Mark Baldassare, who conducted a visibility survey for the
Public Policy Institute of California.
In fact, some officials are recognizable mainly for their security guards.
Cruz Bustamante, for example, was elected the state's second-highest ranking
official last year, yet 92 percent of Californians couldn't name him as lieutenant
governor.
Still, visitors to Sacramento's airport recently had no problem noticing
Bustamante. He was the one met by an earpiece-wearing bodyguard driving a
big sedan.
The Protective Services Division of the California Highway Patrol protects the
governor. The Patrol's Office of Dignitary Protection safeguards the lieutenant
governor, treasurer, comptroller, secretary of state and superintendent of public
instruction - as well as workers in protected buildings.
In addition, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is protected by special
agents from the state Department of Justice.
"Lockyer gets a couple death threats a week," said his spokesman, Nathan
Barankin.
"Part of the price of being in the public eye is there are certain risks," said Alfie
Charles, spokesman for Secretary of State Bill Jones.
Nineteen states follow California's practice of protecting the governor's official
and private residences as well as the governor himself, according to a December
survey of 45 states by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
That cost those states an average of $1.8 million last year for about 21 security
guards. The survey found one unidentified state devoted 43 bodyguards and $5.5
million to the task, while another got the job done with six guards and a budget of
about $420,000.
Fourteen other states guard only the governor and his official residence, and 10
guard only the governor.
Aside from California, only Arizona, Maryland and Ohio protect their treasurer.
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Bob--- Age and deceit will overcome youth and speed.
I'm old and deceitful.
[This message has been edited by beemerb (edited August 07, 2000).]
They sure don't have to worry about crime do they?Gated communities and bodyguards.I don't think they have clue.They are way too seperated from the average person out here.
Look at the cost from taxpayers to keep them safe.Elitists in the true meaning of the word.
California does most to protect officials
Bodyguards serve statewide leaders
Associated Press
August 7, 2000
SACRAMENTO - Among all the states, only California provides bodyguards to
all its statewide officials, including its superintendent of public instruction.
It will cost California taxpayers more than $31 million this year to protect those
seven officials and others who work in protected state buildings.
All that security is provided even though Californians are known for their
indifference to their governing class.
"There's very low visibility for state officials, particularly once we get past the
governor," said Mark Baldassare, who conducted a visibility survey for the
Public Policy Institute of California.
In fact, some officials are recognizable mainly for their security guards.
Cruz Bustamante, for example, was elected the state's second-highest ranking
official last year, yet 92 percent of Californians couldn't name him as lieutenant
governor.
Still, visitors to Sacramento's airport recently had no problem noticing
Bustamante. He was the one met by an earpiece-wearing bodyguard driving a
big sedan.
The Protective Services Division of the California Highway Patrol protects the
governor. The Patrol's Office of Dignitary Protection safeguards the lieutenant
governor, treasurer, comptroller, secretary of state and superintendent of public
instruction - as well as workers in protected buildings.
In addition, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is protected by special
agents from the state Department of Justice.
"Lockyer gets a couple death threats a week," said his spokesman, Nathan
Barankin.
"Part of the price of being in the public eye is there are certain risks," said Alfie
Charles, spokesman for Secretary of State Bill Jones.
Nineteen states follow California's practice of protecting the governor's official
and private residences as well as the governor himself, according to a December
survey of 45 states by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
That cost those states an average of $1.8 million last year for about 21 security
guards. The survey found one unidentified state devoted 43 bodyguards and $5.5
million to the task, while another got the job done with six guards and a budget of
about $420,000.
Fourteen other states guard only the governor and his official residence, and 10
guard only the governor.
Aside from California, only Arizona, Maryland and Ohio protect their treasurer.
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Bob--- Age and deceit will overcome youth and speed.
I'm old and deceitful.
[This message has been edited by beemerb (edited August 07, 2000).]
