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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:51 PM Original message |
Don't blame local Govt. re: fire department non-response |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Also well explained in this post... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't . I blame those that while they were in the neighborhood |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's not how insurance works; you can rarely buy it "ex post facto". |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, technically correct and morally bankrupt. That is how it works. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Why is it morally bankrupt? Wasn't it morally bankrupt to save some beer money... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Sometimes, one's home is the single most item of worth a family has. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Well, if their home were the item of most worth that they had, then... |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I think |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I agree |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. I understand the realities of problem, but............... |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. They are in two different States. There's no way they can put |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Of course they can. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Sorry Colgate, the early threads I read said that the town of Fulton... |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Very simply-- ultimately, it is the dumbass voters who refuse to pay for the service... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ultimately. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. I disagree. The problem is incompetent local government combined with negligent state government. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You got it right. Government, at any level, cannot abdicate public safety. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Precisely. We don't get to vote on whether or not we want to pay for police protection. |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You are not refuting my points |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Oh, I agree that the state government is ultimately responsible. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Remember the saying: 'Trying to argue legal issues with a |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The county is *not* a pauper. It has a larger tax base than all the cities providing fire service. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. I blame the county with good reason. It has *no* residential fire protection. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Unrecommend |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, the FD was on the scene. IMO it is criminal for trained fire personnel to stand by and watch |
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