i mean, d.c. is perfectly safe from terrorists. president bush, feel free to take the city's money to pay for your party:

The District of Columbia will pay the overtime costs for all officers from all law enforcement agencies involved in the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.

The city will pay $11 million from its federal homeland security budget to cover the costs, City Administrator Robert C. Bobb said Tuesday.

"That includes District of Columbia police as well as all other law enforcement agencies that will be coming in to support the district," Bobb said. "As the city's homeland security advisor, I feel that's appropriate."

The city is also seeking permission to dip into its $240 million allotment from the federal government to pay for other costs it is incurring during the inauguration. D.C.'s total cost for the event is expected to be $17.3 million.

District residents shouldn't have to pay those costs from their own pockets, Bobb said.

Other district officials said the federal government should pay for the city's share of the inaugural costs directly.

"The president and Congress saw fit to grant $50 million to New York and Boston for security at last year's political conventions, but they won't lay down a single dime to pay specifically for the inauguration," said D.C. Councilman David A. Catania, I-At Large.

not to mention that tommy, charles and i really are likely to be confined to our house on january 20th: "The Mount Vernon Square-Convention Center station is likely to be closed at some time, Farbstein said, because almost all the inaugural balls will be held at the Washington Convention Center. "

like i said, it's the apartment's roof and a bottle of tanqueray. good times, good times.