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Originally Posted by Drolefille
We don't know how the citizens reacted over the course of 20 years. And, as other posters pointed out, the county could have made other arrangements besides an optional fee.
I cannot get into the minds of the people involved, I can only talk about on a policy level and an individual level from my perspective. It's the same for everyone else in this thread.
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I get what you're saying. I hadn't heard of fire service subscriptions before. I do know, though, that when you're paying taxes in your city, it's covering residents of your city. Neighboring towns shouldn't be able to sponge off of each other.
And while it may not have been the best plan, it
was the plan. If they wanted to ensure that their home was protected, they should have paid.
Hopefully, this will push the county into action and allow it to find a better solution. In the meantime, I won't be canonizing the Cranicks like some folks have done (not you, DF, people in general). They made a poor choice that, unfortunately, cost them everything. But it was their choice.
ETA: Looks like one or more of the individual fire departments have been in contact with the municipalities to try to get a fire tax for the county, but they got a lot of pushback.
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