OMG! re: CA fires
Oct. 25th, 2007 11:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
monkeybardI just read the following in a NY Times article (emphasis mine).
"San Diego County, the largest county in California without a fire department, relies on a hodgepodge of local departments that are almost all serving areas where populations are growing faster than their tax bases, and which are often low on money among a constituency that is generally allergic to taxes."
It blows my mind that such a populous county doesn't have its own fire department. What are they thinking (other than that they don't want to pay more taxes? Yes, taxes suck. But taxes are a NECESSARY evil.)? OMFG! Am I the only one who finds this just downright crazy?
"San Diego County, the largest county in California without a fire department, relies on a hodgepodge of local departments that are almost all serving areas where populations are growing faster than their tax bases, and which are often low on money among a constituency that is generally allergic to taxes."
It blows my mind that such a populous county doesn't have its own fire department. What are they thinking (other than that they don't want to pay more taxes? Yes, taxes suck. But taxes are a NECESSARY evil.)? OMFG! Am I the only one who finds this just downright crazy?
