W.Va. Receives $750,000 in Security Grant Funding
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Posted: 5:00 PM Jun 20, 2008
W.Va. Receives $750,000 in Security Grant Funding
West Virginia will receive $750,000 in homeland security funding to help emergency communications and to implement the REAL ID act.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia will receive $750,000 in homeland security funding to help emergency communications and to implement the REAL ID act.

The bulk of the money will be used to standardize state driver's licenses as part of the federal program designed to reduce fraud and identify theft.

The REAL ID Act is expected to cost nearly $4 billion nationwide to implement.

About $260,000 in homeland security funding will go to implement statewide emergency communications plans. The plans are expected to improve communication during times of natural and man-made disasters.

The funding was announced Friday by U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Posted by: Kent on Jun 23, 2008 at 09:50 AM

The WV politicians who refused to block the implementation of the REAL ID Act here should be ashamed. Other states that still care about Freedom have refused to put up with this intrusive, abusive nonsense from the federal government. What is WV's excuse?
Posted by: to Hugh on Jun 22, 2008 at 08:23 PM

Watch out for the black helicopters, buddy. Also, Bush is onto our plan to block the "brown note", so he is pushing up the cost of aluminum foil so that we can't block our thoughts!!!!
Posted by: Hugh on Jun 21, 2008 at 06:00 PM

Just another way for the government to spy on us. Next step..national id cards and RFID implants. Does anyone feel safer with the Patriot Act,Homeland Security and all the other so called "safety measures" that Bush and company have installed? All they are doing is taking our rights and personal freedom and throwing them in the garbage. I urge everyone to write all congress,local and state politicians and tell them to reject the further abolition of our rights granted by the constitution. Bush and the right wing are slowly enslaving us all. Wake up people before it is too late.
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