Mar 18 2008
County has wacky funding priorities
Re DP: The board cut two police officer positions from the proposed budget and took out money to hire fire personnel for a yet-to-be-built Pantops fire station. That means city and other volunteer fire stations will continue to respond to calls on Pantops, an area with an increasing population that has seen delays in emergency rescue services, officials have said.
I can’t understand how the county can fund arts projects but can’t fund fire protection. That seems to me to be a fundamental promise of government.