Security Budget at RNC to Cover Gas Masks, T-Shirts
The Tampa City Council approved $829,000 more in police spending on Thursday to provide extra gas masks and other supplies during the Republican National Convention, according to an article by the Tampa Bay Times.
Council members voted 6-1 to pay $518,460 for 1,400 gas masks and accessories, including 20 with "voice projection units." The one dissenter, Mary Mulhern, said that the purchase would not set "a great tone for our expectations for the convention," the article states.