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echo: barktopus
to: Frank Haber
from: Bill Lucy
date: 2004-02-20 21:13:08
subject: Re: An expensive visit

From: Bill Lucy 

From the Mars probe, Frank Haber says...
> Manhattan residents groan every time a President is scheduled to visit.
There
> are always traffic advisories, and frequently large sections of town are
> cordoned off.  This is apolitical, and has been true forever, through many
> presidencies.
>
> It's a significant financial burden, as well.

Same thing in Chicago. The Kennedy Expressway gets closed if he comes downtown.

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