Does Al Qaeda Summer in Sag Harbor?
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
TERROR CENTRAL? Sag Harbor
Homeland Security may finally answer the call to defend New York's largest summertime celebrity petting zoo: the Hamptons!
The village of Sag Harbor in New York is seeking more than $250,000 to keep terrorists away from its yacht-packed marina, home port for boats owned by rap moguls Diddy and Russell Simmons, piano man Billy Joel, and knee-high Nascar jockey Jeff Gordon. According to the New York Post, the town wants $100,000 from the Department of Homeland Security and another $160,000 from the state for a high-tech command center, surveillance cameras, a patrol boat, and training for dockworkers.
- Hard Day's Fright: Ravaged Ringo Starr's Dying Days Revealed — Ailing Beatles Hero, 84, 'Finally Paying' For Party Decades Lost In 'Haze of Drink and Drugs’
- 'Sex-Mad' Shania Twain, 59, 'Wearing Out Husband Frédéric Thiébaud With Her Wild Demands': 'Her Energy Levels Are Through the Roof!'
- Weak William Shatner, 93, Determined to Go Out in Blaze of Glory With String of 'Star Trek' Events — Amid Warnings He's Heading For Deadly Burnout
DAILY. BREAKING. CELEBRITY NEWS. ALL FREE.
"This never should have gone public," grumbled Mayor Greg Ferraris to RadarOnline.com about the minor press frenzy over his request for hard-earned taxpayer dollars (a matter of public record). "But it's a sign of the times. We're just trying to be proactive and preparing for anything that may come down the line."