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2010-02-21 Home Front: Politix

Tracy Residents Now Have To Pay For 911 Calls

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-21 13:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 isn't there already a tax that shows up on the phone bill for 911 calling?

Posted by chris 2010-02-21 14:02|| 2010-02-21 14:02|| Front Page Top

#2 So call. Answering is extra.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-21 14:16|| 2010-02-21 14:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a fire tag.

When I was growing up, people in the country bought fire tags to get coverage from the local fire department. The tag was a nominal amount of money, but if you didn't have one, the fire department would stand there while your house burned unless you handed them a substantial amount of money. (Someone -- but it was a kid, so take that for what it's worth -- told me you had to give them $2000 on the spot.)

I remember there was an enormous stink when a house which had a tag burned, but the fire department refused to recognize it. The owners weren't home, and the fire department turned up to keep neighboring structures safe (if they had tags). Neighbors pointed out the tag, and the picture in the paper showed the smoldering ruins in the background, and the tag (you usually nailed it to your mailbox post) in the foreground. Never heard how that turned out.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2010-02-21 16:55|| 2010-02-21 16:55|| Front Page Top

#4 But what about the Poor(tm)? /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-21 18:25|| 2010-02-21 18:25|| Front Page Top

#5 isn't there already a tax that shows up on the phone bill for 911 calling? The funding for 911 must vary from place to place. In my neck of the woods, a tax on every local phone goes to pay for 911.
The local ambulance service is supported by property & income taxes. Local residents get at least one free ride to the hospital per year, anyone else gets a standard bill, the kind a private ambulance service would send.
Seldom will services like 911 or ambulance rides be given away as a charitable activity.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-21 20:02|| 2010-02-21 20:02|| Front Page Top

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