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Originally posted by KMA-628
BTW - I do not put Fire/Police/Military/etc under the "should be private column". Those are considered "public goods" and are impossible to privatize (i.e. who would you charge and how much, etc).
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Actually, privatized fire departments are becoming quite common. In southern Scottsdale the fire department is run by Rural/Metro. They are a private firm that has a contract with the city and other cities.
http://www.ruralmetro.com
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7623/v33.html
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METRO MISTAKE! I'm sure that by now everyone knows someone that has dealt with Rural Metro Ambulance Service. As you all know, last year Harold 'The Bantam Rooster' Cates and the CLB voted to give the ambulance service to Rural Metro. In fact, they paid them to take it. And are still paying. (Or should I say WE are paying?) To the tune of $150,000 a year of your hard earned tax dollars. They even gave them all the equipment. Now, our citizens are being robbed by Rural Metro every time they need to go to the hospital in an emergency. It costs anywhere from $500 on up depending on where you live. (The five hundred is close in.) I talked to one man that paid $1,080 for a trip from the hospital to Knoxville. It costs $300 to get took to the helipad at the Grammar School from the hospital and $250 from the convalescent center across the street to the hospital. My information is that this is twice as high as Hamblin County's costs and three or four times as high as some others. Folks, this is ridiculous. My understanding is that some county's get paid instead of having to pay. Why is it we're paying? We had our own ambulance service for over 20 years. Since we lost them our rates have gone up over 300%! My advice, call the Rescue Squad when you need service and vote out the culls that crammed this down our throats!
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