Reply #10: No, this is the county's responsibility

[TorchTheWitch]

It was the county's inept legislation that decided there was no need to fund a vital firefighting service, and donating money for them to do so would only exacerbate their problematic notion that they don't have to and someone else will pick up the tab for them. This isn't a matter of whether or not the county can afford it - it's a matter of the county implementing a tax and a volunteer firefighting service which is a VITAL necessity for their county. Hopefully, the backlash from this one incident will wake them up to what they need to do and shame them for what they've done.

Contrary to your repeated assertions that the PEOPLE of the county voted for their travesty of a system of firefighting, it was their stupid legislators, who as we all know, vote for stupid legislation the PEOPLE don't want or vote down legislation they DO want regardless of whether they're D's or R's just like most government legislators. So, you can stop blaming the PEOPLE of the county for voting for a horrible system and asserting it's what they wanted.

If you want to start a collection here to donate funds because of this incident, how about a collection to donate funds to the old couple that lost their home, their pets and everything they owned while the firefighters looked on doing nothing?