@bubster: I would think the property owners that have employees would disagree.

" called for an end to complaints from Athens citizens about how much land UGA owns and takes off the tax rolls, ". Apparently Athens citizens do not matter much to Adams! For every parcel of land removed from the tax roll, business and
citizen land owners tax burden increases.

You've got to be kidding! If it's not beef....it's not a burger.

Just to add this to the discussion, why not train our police officers as first responders? There are more of them, they are already out on the street, and their cars can get there faster than a fire truck.

Be careful what you ask for! There is a difference between running EMS and runnning first responder calls. All ACC firefighters are first responders, and a few are EMTs or Paramedics. The fire department does not have any ambulances to transport patients to the hospital. Currently the FD does repond to medical calls when an ambulance is not availible or is going to be delayed. If the grand jury wants FD to increase it's medical call, it needs to make sure the FD budget is increased to cover the increase in fuel, supplies, training and many other expenses. The county government did not decide to switch to National, both hospitals decided to contract with National.

[quote][b]BoogittyBoogitty[/b] -
Show me how many lives have been saved with that stations ladder truck in the past 10 years...
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I think everyone's missing the bigger picture, Cutting the ladder truck means cutting the firefighters. The truck doesn't fight the fire, the firefighters do. Yes, they can respond another truck from miles away but that delays getting enough firefighters on the scene to safely fight the fire. The ladder truck doesn't save lives...firefighters do!

@my thoughts: The Fire Department has grown by several stations and the number of firefighters has increased since Hansford was Chief. Faulkner had the same number of people currently in the office except for the additional Battalion Chief. When Chief George became Chief the department added another station ( #9) and needed another Battlion Chief to handle the additional workload. One Battalion Chief could not cover the paperwork, personnel issues, and respond to calls for 9 stations covering the entire county. That's what has changed! If you want to get into the issues of why those people are needed in the office, you will find that additional people are needed.

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" Because of the Georgia law, an 84-year-old Augusta man never had to face criminal or civil legal consequences after shooting and injuring a 23-year-old in the man’s garage in 2007, Heard said."

Why was the 23-year-old in the man's garage? Was the owner defending himself? Heard or the reporter left out some important information. I guess Heard wants you to run away if somebody is trying to harm you or your family and not try to protect yourself or your property.

@Athens Superman: Why do we need 3 ladder trucks? Why do we need as many police cars, why do we need all the buses? ISO recommends more ladder trucks, more engines also. The ladder trucks are the biggest, slowest, and most difficult to manuver of all the fire vehicles. It takes much longer for them to arrive on scene and and cutting one would greatly increase the travel time. Cutting one would require the other 2 to respond at greater distances and increase the wear and tear on the remaining ladder trucks, requiring them to be replaced more often.

@mordred: not,you are not right. Most people do care. I believe the majority of the jury that convicted him was black!

@zebra dove: WOW Who lit a fire under you? If a report has errors on it, the fire department will correct them. The fire department needs the reports to be correct for their own year end reports. Why would they purposely file a report with errors? Most errors on a report is because someone involved with the fire gave them the wrong information. Insurance companies do not rely on the fire department report when they determine if they will pay out on a claim, they conduct thier own investigation. It seems like your biggest problem is with The Pointe Apartments!

Hey coach, you might want to check the high school rules on illegal helmet contact. This will cost you 15 yards.

[quote][b]songbird[/b] -
A little eye candy in the yard is never a bad thing. You go girl! [/quote]

I'm sure Ken is flattered to be considered eye candy.
To the others that questioned the Mayor hiring him to cut her grass, he was off duty and that is his business and none of theirs! If you would like to cut the Mayor's grass simply price it below Ken and see if you can work a second job.

[quote][b]Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass[/b] - Reddish said those cuts would not affect services. The firefighters are used to fill the shifts of firefighters who go on vacation, he said.
So, they don't get to go on vacation?
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Not if there are not enough firefighters to man the trucks, their vacation or time off gets cancelled.

@simpleman: Do you want the ACC employees to take a pay cut so you can "enjoy a 20 minute fireworks show", or to fund those positions that are being cut?

@simpleman: Do you want the ACC employees to take a pay cut so you can "enjoy a 20 minute fireworks show", or to fund those positions that are being cut?

@SEVEN: Sirens are not designed to wake you at night, they are for outdoor activities. If you want to be alerted in your home at night while you are asleep, get a weather radio.

@armydawg7: The siren on the old Navy School was operated by the Navy School. not ACC. There is one a short distance away at Bishop Park.

@coolbreeze: Sorry that you had a bad experience with the ACC Fire Dept. I too have had first hand experience with them and found them to a be professional and very competent. By the way, I agree with you that they are very good at BBQ chicken, but not so much at horseshoes.

@momofthree: Really? Is that all you have to complain about. I guess you are having a great day if that's all you're worried about.

Hey Windbag. Most of what you are asking for is public record and easily obtained by asking. You just want to make everyone think it is a secret. Why the sudden interest in the Fire Department? By the way, there is no secret agreement for the fire department to respond to Oconee County. It is called a mutual aid agreement. ACC has the same agreement with all the surrounding counties. Oconee County has come to ACC more than ACC has gone to Oconee County.

Did anyone stop to consider that maybe, just maybe, this guy actually resisted arrest ?