We did not want to be competing with Ray Kelly and the New York City Police Department because New York in general is already shortchanged.

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Starting yesterday, we activated our volunteers and found how many and which ones would be available.

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It's like any proxy fight -- the first thing you try to decide is who votes.

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There are probably 35 to 40 volunteers who are on standby now.

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This is a fight over power, prestige and patronage. Violence has broken out when the legal outcome is unclear, which it is now.

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