Alert Level Elevated per Department of Homeland Security

Alert Level Elevated per Department of Homeland Security

OK... We are fighting a war!. People are dying (no disrespect here...this is really serious.) Troops need body armor and armored vehicles. The budget deficit is heading to the moon faster than you can say NASA. And yet, we take a pause in the action to do a Homeland Security Survey of business in Killington. Yes, you got that right, a Homeland Security Survey of business in Killington.

Yesterday afternoon, around 5PM, there was a nice gentleman wandering around our inn, bright red shirt on, clipboard in hand. He is here to do a survey of the property for the fire department paid for and required by the Department of Homeland Security. Now I have absolutely no complaints about the Sherburne Volunteer Fire Department. The people in the department are great, and are working for the best interest of the town of Killington. I also have no problem with people or agencies acquiring funding for projects based upon what our legislative leaders decide to fund. If the money is available by some statute, go for it and get it... because somebody else will...However, why is the money available in the first place?

It is quite rational for the Fire Department to survey business to be prepared just in case something awful happens. But why is this coming out of the Homeland Security Budget? Don't we have more important things to do with our national tax dollars than a pencil sketch site drawing of a small inn in a small town in Vermont? Bottom line... if the funding is available for this sort of thing, I congratulate local officials for figuring out how to acquire it and spend it. But why is funding available for this sort of thing in the first place??? Just my opinion, no body asked...