{"id":509,"date":"2009-12-20T08:32:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=509"},"modified":"2009-12-20T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T13:32:35","slug":"more-of-your-tax-dollars-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"More of your tax dollars at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloomberg’s antigun crusade doesn’t come cheap<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Mayor Bloomberg’s crusade against guns comes with a price tag attached. Bills obtained by the Daily News show the city Law Department has paid almost $1.5 million to Kroll Associates<\/a>, a high-end detective firm, for its undercover probe of out-of-state gun sales … The investigators and their bosses billed the city between $225 and $325 an hour each, some of them for more than 100 hours per month … they spent tens of thousands of dollars on airfare, hotels, meals and other travel expenses. \u00a0They also billed the city for tens of thousands of dollars for background checks, research costs, cash payments for guns, and equipment – including $58,100 for recording gear …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let Mayor Mike<\/a> pay for this out of his own pocket. He can afford it.<\/p>\n