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For one, it takes a team of 4 people to inspect a building. Not a big building, only 4 suites... Most of the inspectors stand around while the one in charge actually takes a look around and hollers out things for the others to write down.
While you might expect them to pile into the fire marshal's sedan for a scheduled appointment to inspect a building, they don't. Instead, they fire up Big Red and leave it idle out front for hours while inspecting. Apparently, their inspection equipment (clip boards) did not fit in the trunk.
Good for the environment AND the city budget.
THIS is whyipaytaxes.
Idling, for your breathing pleasureP.S. - I'd like to mention the time, about a month ago when they had this baby stopped at a major intersection, lights flashing. As drivers slow down approaching the intersection, fearing the worst, a young fireman approaches each vehicle with an upside down helmet asking for donations. Not exactly fodder for my blog, but a HFD related story I just had to share...
2 comments:
Just wanted to pop by and say i really love your blog. The layout is natural and your humorous yet attention grabbing writing style is really wonderful.
This is awful about dead money being spent on these fire inspections. Not sure if i can look at a fire truck in the same way again..!
p.s. I'm pretty new to this whole blogging thing and was wondering if you possibly had a spare minute to look at my blog? Love or detest it- any comment from a blogging pro like you would be really appreciated! Thank you.
If only people screaming about fiscal responsibility would tear themselves away from the TV screens, peer through their heavily shaded windows and see the money we literally burn.
The fire dept. behavior is shameful yet there's an incentive for job security....to show a NEED for the budget. How can we resolve the personal incentive to preserve employment by fabricating 'work'? These people are employed, paying taxes themselves and 'growing the economy' through their consumption. It's a symptom of a larger, societal ill.....how do we solve this problem?
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