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This is what our protectors

Feb 25, 2015 4:02AM PST

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A wonderful story, Toni.
Mar 1, 2015 4:32AM PST

May I offer a small correction?
What they are about (we hope) is using our tax dollars to catch crooks, put out fires and so on.
This was above and beyond. E.g. "Many of the birthday gifts Glenn received from the group were purchased out-of-pocket."
Good on 'em. (Dafydd says that's a blessing; so be it.)

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I don't know how large
Mar 1, 2015 5:59AM PST

the town/city is where this was located (I haven't bothered to look that up, to be honest), but there are many communities, my own included, where the Fire and EMT 'employees' are voluntary only, pay for their own training, and all equipment is purchased with donations from local people and/or by using various fund-raising methods (bake sales, yard sales, bingo nights, etc.)....occasionally they get equipment donated by hospitals or other fire departments that are upgrading their own stuff and give the 'old' stuff to the smaller communities until they can afford to replace with new. As far as I know, the only local taxes used goes into the annual budget that includes law enforcement.

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My town is the same- volunteer fire, but the police
Mar 2, 2015 4:25AM PST

and sheriff are paid.

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Local speed trap...
Mar 2, 2015 4:38AM PST

For such a small community it has generated the infamous "speed trap" label. Its not a super bad trap but never-the-less well known. For a stretch of only 1/2 mi. through town of 5 different speed zones and a well traveled one at that. It has been able to buy a new police car roughly every other yr. and you know those aren't cheap. For a town with practically no crime(within reason) it sure does have new police cars. Not only that, but the EMS and fire dept. has to go asking all the time, but that maybe more a county thing, than township. Either way, don't speed here. Oh yes, those traffic tickets generate at least 7-10% revenue for the town, maybe more. ouch -----Willy Happy

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(NT) Which "community"? Not mine.
Mar 3, 2015 3:24AM PST
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Starke is also one there
Mar 3, 2015 4:21AM PST

It's a 301 shortcut between I-10 and I-75, but most who live there avoid it completely, driving extra miles just so they won't go through Starke. Their town charter should be revoked and the local police disbanded.