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10-04-2010, 01:39 PM
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| If you didn't pay for fire protection, ... the fire department won't help. This story raises some interesting issues. Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground | WPSD Local 6 - News, Sports, Weather - Paducah KY | Local
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10-04-2010, 01:46 PM
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| Apex Predator  Member Since: May 2003 Location: In your closet
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I usually view firefighters as heroes and all-around good-guys. Maybe that's why this article sickens me so much. That is straight-up bull####.
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10-04-2010, 01:47 PM
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| Main Streeter  Member Since: Oct 2002 Location: St. Mary's County
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10-04-2010, 01:48 PM
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| why so serious  Member Since: Mar 2010 Location: The Ranch
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Does the fire department receive any funding from tax-payer money? If so I think the policy is highway robbery, if they are receiving tax money and the homeowners pay taxes then there shouldn't be an extra fee. If the sole funding for the fire department is the $75 from every household then I have to wonder why the Cranicks didn't bother to pay it (or attempt to pay it that is) until after their house caught fire. $75 a year doesn't seem like too much to pay for fire response. While $75/year doesn't seem like much to me there are people who are financially worse off than me so the fee might be a hardship, is there a waiver or something for people who absolutely cannot afford the $75 a year? Seems to be a tremendously crappy policy, to me at least.
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10-04-2010, 01:48 PM
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| Bored Mommy  Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Off the grid
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| Well boo hoo. Didn't want to pay for the service, now are angry because the FD wouldn't make an exception for them. I don't feel sorry for these people. $75 a year is next to nothing, they knew about the fee, and chose not to pay it. Too bad.
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10-04-2010, 01:51 PM
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| Bored Mommy Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Off the grid
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| Oh boo hoo hoo! I don't have homeowners insurance! Will you please pay to replace my burnt down house anyway? 
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10-04-2010, 01:52 PM
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10-04-2010, 01:52 PM
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10-04-2010, 01:53 PM
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| Obama destroyed America  Member Since: Mar 2005 Location: Silence!! I throw shoe at you!
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| Welll..... It's not like they didn't know. If my community had a fire dept. and I was told to pay $75.00 per year or no response, I'd pay. It's not an exorbitant amount. Quote:
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10-04-2010, 01:55 PM
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