Reply #25: Oregon City/Clackamas County Fire District passed, but ...

[jobendorfer]

The backstory: Oregon City had a sweetheart contract with the Clackamas County Fire District,
fire protection for this (small) city at rates so good the fire district was losing money
on the deal. The contract expires soon. So onto the ballot goes an initiative to have
Oregon City join the fire district, instead of just contracting with it, as the cheapest
option to keep coverage here.

It passed handily ... 76% to 24%.
Yessir, that's right. One in four voters voted ... no.

Okay.

This I gotta ask. What -- exactly -- is the thought process of the one in four?
I don't need fire protection?
Fuck everybody else, I'll buy my own?
Corporate fire departments are better than socialized fire departments?
We'll just mooch offa Clackamas County, they'll come if we call?

J.