Odd preparations for the inauguration of our first CO2-hysteric president

L.A. County sheriff's plan to send deputies to inauguration is questioned - Los Angeles Times

The request was straightforward, even flattering. Send a few hundred Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies across the country next month to assist Washington, D.C., police at the presidential inauguration.

It's the price tag of $1.6 million -- with as much as $1 million coming from the county -- that has given some top officials indigestion.
...
Sheriff Lee Baca, in a letter dated Tuesday, asked county supervisors to approve plans to charter a plane and fly 347 deputies to Washington, where they would work for four days. A decision was postponed until next week's meeting.
...
County officials estimate that they would be on the hook for another $905,000 in salary and benefits. In addition, there is $81,000 in needed "cold weather gear" including jackets, gloves, hats and "turtleneck dickies," at a cost of $232 per deputy.
...
Baca said that providing mutual aid was good policy, adding that earthquake-prone Los Angeles may one day need the favor returned.