Comments on: Cecil County Fire Companies Aghast at Budget; Spending Rises 5.8% but Equipment $ in Doubt https://ceciltimes.com/2018/04/cecil-county-fire-companies-aghast-at-budget-spending-rises-5-8-but-equipment-funds-in-doubt/ News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: mary https://ceciltimes.com/2018/04/cecil-county-fire-companies-aghast-at-budget-spending-rises-5-8-but-equipment-funds-in-doubt/#comment-53846 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:48:44 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5251#comment-53846 “Fighting local government over monies to have that equipment, and have it ready to go, and have the people trained and ready to go, should never be questioned. There is no dollar value for your life or mine.”

Well, no. It absolutely should be questioned, as should each and every other government expenditure. Governments, just like households, have limited resources; allocating those resources is a matter of competing priorities, hence politics.

Volunteer fire companies vs. animal control: throwdown, anyone?

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