[Nettime-bold] Re: [TW] New Head of Homeland Security

["Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net>]

This is one of the things I feared would result from the WTC attack: 
increase in domestic police presence. The Homeland Security 
office is a newly created institution and runs aghast the American 
urge of liberty. Yet, it would be really sanctimonious to rush and 
call it a new Gestapo. Why? Because, all European states have 
similar offices in place for years, decades or even centuries. Yet 
many are succesful democracies - many are even more 
progressive democracies than the U.S. is. It is important to watch 
who is the head of such an office and what are going to be its 
duties and who is going to watch over it and set the limits. In 
Croatia, during the Tudjman's rule, an equivalent of Homeland 
Security office was headed by Tudjman's first-born son, for 
example, and served the sole purpose of keeping Tudjman in office 
indefinitely (until he died of cancer).

ivo

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>From the Pennsylvania web site:
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/overview.html

Governor Ridge was chosen to head up President Bush's new cabinet position,
that of the Office of Homeland Security.

Submitted by;
Nalini Lasiewicz
====================
Governor Tom Ridge

Biography

As a boy in Erie, PA | As a soldier in Vietnam | As Governor of Pennsylvania

>

Career:
Born in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, Governor Ridge was raised in a
working-class family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a
scholarship to Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year
at The Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he
served as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for
Valor. After returning to Pennsylvania and earning his law degree, he became
an assistant district attorney in Erie County. He was elected to Congress in
1982, a Republican in a heavily Democratic district. He was the first
enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was
overwhelmingly re-elected six times.

Election History:
Governor Ridge was sworn in as Pennsylvania's 43rd governor on January 17,
1995. Ridge's performance was affirmed decisively on November 3, 1998, when
voters re-elected him with 57 percent of the vote in a four-way race. Ridge's
vote percentage was the highest for a Republican governor in Pennsylvania
(where Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost 500,000) in more than half a
century. His 780,000-vote victory margin was the largest for a Republican
governor in state history.

Accomplishments:
Governor Ridge has kept his promise to make Pennsylvania "a leader among
states and a competitor among nations." In May 2000, he signed the largest
tax cut in state history -- nearly $775 million. Governor Ridge has cut taxes
every year he's been in office. Since 1995, Pennsylvania families and
employers have saved nearly $15 billion through tax cuts, workers'
compensation reform, reduced red tape and electric competition. These savings
helped to create more than 350,000 new jobs. PA has one of the nation's
lowest personal income tax rates and the most competitive utility markets --
the first state to enable consumers to shop competitively for both
electricity and natural gas. PA has been named the No. 1 state for electric
deregulation. And PA's tax-free Keystone Opportunity Zones were named the No.
1 statewide economic-development strategy. Governor Ridge signed the nation's
first model E-commerce law. He eliminated the state tax on computer services.
And, to close PA's "Digital Divide," he created a first-in-the-nation
"Tax-Free PC" holiday. Education reform always will be Governor Ridge's top
priority. In May 2000, he signed into law the Education Empowerment Act, to
help more than a quarter-million kids in PA's lowest-performing schools. He
won passage of charter public schools; alternative education for disruptive
students; professional development for teachers; and new standards requiring
future teachers to earn higher grades in harder courses. He made an historic
$125 million investment in reading and libraries, and he invested more than
$200 million in education technology. In all, state support of Pennsylvania
public schools has increased at nearly twice the rate of inflation. And
Governor Ridge continues to fight for school choice for Pennsylvania parents
and children. Pennsylvania also has become a national leader in developing a
new environmental partnership. Governor Ridge's common-sense Land Recycling
Program is a national model; there now are more than 20,000 people working on
nearly 800 formerly abandoned industrial sites. In 1999, he won passage of
"Growing Greener," to make PA's largest environmental investment ever, nearly
$650 million. In 2000, Governor Ridge won his "Growing Smarter" land-use
plan, to give communities new land-use tools to control sprawl, while still
respecting private property rights. More than 100,000 children now get free
or low-cost health care through PA's nationally recognized Children's Health
Insurance Program -- a 145 percent increase since Governor Ridge took office
in 1995. And Pennsylvania's welfare rolls are at their lowest point in three
decades. Since Governor Ridge and the General Assembly made sweeping changes
to the state's welfare system in 1996, more than 210,000 families have left
the welfare rolls and have not returned.


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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>From the Pennsylvania web site:
<BR>http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/overview.html
<BR>
<BR>Governor Ridge was chosen to head up President Bush's new cabinet position, that of the Office 
of Homeland Security.
<BR>
<BR>Submitted by;
<BR>Nalini Lasiewicz
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" SIZE=5 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">=================
===
<BR><B>Governor Tom Ridge</B>
<BR>
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Biography</B>

<BR><P ALIGN=CENTER> &nbsp;
<BR>As a boy in Erie, PA | As a soldier in Vietnam | As Governor of Pennsylvania
<BR><P ALIGN=LEFT>
<BR><P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG  SRC="http://sites.state.pa.us/graphics/rwb_line.gif"; WIDTH="540" HEIGHT="
8" BORDER="0">
<BR><P ALIGN=LEFT>
<BR><B>Career:</B>
<BR>Born in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, Governor Ridge was raised in a working-class family in veter
ans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. Af
ter his first year at The Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he serv
ed as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for Valor. After returning to 
Pennsylvania and earning his law degree, he became an assistant district attorney in Erie County. H
e was elected to Congress in 1982, a Republican in a heavily Democratic district. He was the first 
enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was overwhelmingly re-elected six ti
mes.
<BR>
<BR><B>Election History:</B>
<BR>Governor Ridge was sworn in as Pennsylvania's 43rd governor on January 17, 1995. Ridge's perfor
mance was affirmed decisively on November 3, 1998, when voters re-elected him with 57 percent of th
e vote in a four-way race. Ridge's vote percentage was the highest for a Republican governor in Pen
nsylvania (where Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost 500,000) in more than half a century. Hi
s 780,000-vote victory margin was the largest for a Republican governor in state history.
<BR>
<BR><B>Accomplishments:</B>
<BR>Governor Ridge has kept his promise to make Pennsylvania "a leader among states and a competito
r among nations." In May 2000, he signed the largest tax cut in state history -- nearly $775 millio
n. Governor Ridge has cut taxes every year he's been in office. Since 1995, Pennsylvania families a
nd employers have saved nearly $15 billion through tax cuts, workers' compensation reform, reduced 
red tape and electric competition. These savings helped to create more than 350,000 new jobs. PA ha
s one of the nation's lowest personal income tax rates and the most competitive utility markets -- 
the first state to enable consumers to shop competitively for both electricity and natural gas. PA 
has been named the No. 1 state for electric deregulation. And PA's tax-free Keystone Opportunity Zo
nes were named the No. 1 statewide economic-development strategy. Governor Ridge signed the nation'
s fi
Digital Divide," he created a first-in-the-nation "Tax-Free PC" holiday. Education reform always wi
ll be Governor Ridge's top priority. In May 2000, he signed into law the Education Empowerment Act,
 to help more than a quarter-million kids in PA's lowest-performing schools. He won passage of char
ter public schools; alternative education for disruptive students; professional development for tea
chers; and new standards requiring future teachers to earn higher grades in harder courses. He made
 an historic $125 million investment in reading and libraries, and he invested more than $200 milli
on in education technology. In all, state support of Pennsylvania public schools has increased at n
early twice the rate of inflation. And Governor Ridge continues to fight for school choice for Penn
sylvania parents and children. Pennsylvania also has become a national leader in developing a new e
nvir
there now are more than 20,000 people working on nearly 800 formerly abandoned industrial sites. In
 1999, he won passage of "Growing Greener," to make PA's largest environmental investment ever, nea
rly $650 million. In 2000, Governor Ridge won his "Growing Smarter" land-use plan, to give communit
ies new land-use tools to control sprawl, while still respecting private property rights. More than
 100,000 children now get free or low-cost health care through PA's nationally recognized Children'
s Health Insurance Program -- a 145 percent increase since Governor Ridge took office in 1995. And 
Pennsylvania's welfare rolls are at their lowest point in three decades. Since Governor Ridge and t
he General Assembly made sweeping changes to the state's welfare system in 1996, more than 210,000 
families have left the welfare rolls and have not returned.
<BR></P></P></P></P></FONT> </HTML>

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