"The house is not on fire," he said. "But it's made of straw and there's a campfire down the street. I really worry about this. "This is going to come back and be a huge financial liability for us."
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
More Webb County Woes
Webb County can now boast that it has its own fire department. But with that comes the burden of a $278,000 shortfall. The LMT's Nick Georgiou details some of the expenses that are responsible for it: overtime, stipends, training, fuel and supplies. This naturally puts more pressure on commissioners court to cover the costs of providing fire and EMS services for its constituency. Commissioner Jerry Garza comes up with a horrible analogy:
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