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Editorial: Don’t forget tourists in homeland security

Friday, July 25, 2003 | 5 a.m.

WEEKEND EDITION: July 27, 2003

A U.S. Senate resolution passed last week directs the Homeland Security Department to consider an area's tourist population when making grants to help police and fire departments prepare for possible terrorism attacks. This means that Nevada could get more than the $17.8 million it was originally slated to receive this summer, in addition to an earlier $6.7 million grant.

The resolution was proposed by Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and John Ensign, R-Nev. They reasoned that an area's grant should be in proportion to its actual population, which in areas with heavy tourism volume is much higher than official census counts. The population of Las Vegas, for example, can swell by an extra 250,000 every day, Reid told his colleagues. The senators were correct in pointing out this obvious fact and we are pleased the full Senate understood their reasoning.

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