BOSTON – Acting Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift recently submitted a proposal to the Legislature that calls for spending $50 million on anti-terrorism and public safety efforts, and would be partly funded through bond proceeds, Bloomberg News reported.
The plan proposes spending $25 million of the state’s financial reserves to maintain an increased presence of the National Guard, state police and other law enforcement officials at airports, reservoirs and nuclear power plants through fiscal 2003, which begins on July 1, Swift said in a statement.
Another $25 million would be raised from a bond issue to provide local communities the training and equipment that would help them prepare against possible terrorist attacks, the statement said.
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"I hope that the Legislature will act quickly on this bill and prepare our cities and towns against potential terrorist threats," Swift said in the statement.
Facing an estimated $1.6 billion shortfall in government revenue, Swift on Jan. 23, submitted a $23.5 billion budget for 2003 that would draw on $750 million in reserve funds while cutting $500 million in spending.
