Reaction to news story found in the Monday, December 20th, 2004 edition of the St. Cloud Times. Story was written by Peter Harriman, (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader. Also appeared in USA Today.
Headline: South Dakota county gets SUV it can't use unless terrorists hit.
Excerpts: A new, white $26,000 Dodge Durango sits in a Hamlin County, S.D. Highway Department shop, waiting for terrorists. Taxpayers paid for the sport utility vehicle, which was purchased with a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
But unless terrorists strike, the SUV can't be used, the sheriff was told.
"I was told I was not to be driving that vehicle unless it was responding to a terrorist attack," said Hamlin County Sheriff Dan Mack.
