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Long Island Congressman Peter King tried to take care of a campaign donor in the manhole cover business by sending $3 million in federal funds their way for covers that Con Edison refused to even use. Various people connected to the Long Island company Manhole Barrier have donated almost $17,000 to King, who requested the federal funding in earmarks for locking manhole covers they said would thwart terrorists. But Con Ed said no to the covers that would only cover 2% of their manholes, saying they would be an obstacle to firefighters as well. One Con Ed official told the News, "We said 'no,' it's impractical. What are you going to do? Have 250,000 keys for these things?" Con Ed says that security cameras plus the 300-pound weight of their covers should be more than enough to protect from any terrorist infiltration. King is gearing up for a Senate bid, in all likelihood against newly appointed Senate replacement Kirsten Gillibrand.
Peter King Got Donors $3Mil for Useless Manhole Covers
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There are those who think that terrorists subscribe to the Wile E. Coyote school of mischief-making. It's imperative to support our own counter-terrorist Acme manhole company.
Wait a minute...a politician "taking care of" a big donor? Is such a thing possible with our fine and upstanding public servants?
And they want me to give a shit about file-sharing. Ha!
This just proves two things:
1. Why we need very strict term limits.
2. All politicians are crooks.
Peter King - certified manhole inspector
Peter King is such a douchebag.
Not sure of all the details here, but I don't think that just because a cover is 300lbs its going to stop anyone who wants to get down into a substation to do some major damage(whether it be taking out a steam main or power lines)who has something as simple as a crowbar, so a locking cover in some situations seems to make some sense.
Stop making sense. Hate like all the rest.
Reason #54,326 why I hope Obama can eliminate earmarks once and for all.
for once, conEd did the right thing.
and is that the name of the co. "manhole Barrier"?
So he was going to take on Gillebrand in 2010 and all of a sudden he'll be lucky to have his own job.
Isn't the timing of politics funny?
Peter King is one of the BIGGEST supporters of terror there is. He feels that just because you may be Irish it gives you the right to bomb cities in England and murder innocents. Ask those who died in a Manchester shopping plaza if they think the IRA is a terrorist organization, you can't now can you because they lay in the ground.
As an American of Irish decent I find hypocrisy like King's the worst.
Just for the record Mr. King has lobbied the INS to get convicted IRA bombers/murders US citizenship.
The guy needs to be voted out. or put in jail if he violated the law.
peter king thrives on fearmongering.
and it pays, $3mil.
I did not know he supported Irish Terrorists.
The manhole company got a $3 Million contract for a $17,000 donation. Congressman King you could have done better than. You weren't elected to take inferior bribes, get with it and get your moneys worth. Let's get someone in there to replace this incompetent, or are we not hearing the whoe story.
Typical Republican. Peter King would fall for any 300 lb. manhole......cover.
yeah Peter King not only supported the IRA, but remember where the IRA used to get its guns from... Arabs in Palistine.
check ou this http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_947.shtml
or just google Peter King IRA
This guy should have no place on our House. Let alone Senate.
BTW a good friend of mine was injured in the bombing.
I also was in London a few years latter as bomb and bomb scare closed the tube...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/15/newsid_2527000/2527009.stm
redhookreject is a self-hating Irishman.