Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Guard troops may be needed in troubled Ala. county - Yahoo! News

Guard troops may be needed in troubled Ala. county - Yahoo! News: "BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The sheriff in Alabama's most populous county may call for the National Guard to help maintain order, a spokesman said Tuesday, after a judge cleared the way for cuts in the sheriff's budget and hopes dimmed for a quick end to a budget crisis.

Circuit Judge Joseph L. Boohaker ruled that leaders in Jefferson County — now trying to head off a municipal bankruptcy filing of historic proportions — could go ahead with plans to slash $4.1 million from the budget of Sheriff Mike Hale, who had filed a lawsuit that temporarily blocked spending cuts for his office."

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And so the idea of having to defend your own home may be coming back into fashion.

2 comments:

CAI Protective Services Division said...

So does this portend a new era of gated Privatopian enclaves with real security and armed private rent-a-cops?

Evan McKenzie said...

I don't know, but you had better load up.