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RE: Pacific Northwest Library Musings
I thought that is why people went to conferences, for the free lunch, and you managed to dispose of it well. [did it taste any worse knowing it was purchased by the threat of police brutality? and the stand over tactics?
Be pleased that your libraries are using some of the ill-gotten gains for a useful purpose, the more you can get the less that goes to some politician.
:-)
True, libraries and fire departments are among the few government services that are unequivocally good for the community, and we don't abuse minorities, bomb brown people overseas, or funnel money to corporate cronies and special interest groups. I think they would be better without the political entanglements, but they aren't bad.
is your St Johns medics a separate thing over there, or are the tied up with the fire brigade? if they are separate, they would definably be "one of the good guys" as well
anybody who has to put up with the "General Public" on their bad days deserve all the help and money that we can give them.
"St. John's medics?" Not familiar with that term, but I assume it's an ambulance service, and yes, our fire district also handles paramedic services and ambulances. There is also a non-governmental helicopter ambulance service covering the region and especially serving remote areas with poor roads.
being smaller, our firecrew are trained in emergency first aid but their main job is fighting fires, St John, dating back from the cursades / holy wars to Palestine in the 12th century ish. .Use special built ambulances and attend accidents and emergencies. in the big cities they can afford a helicopter service as well.
our equivalent to your 911, askes fire, police or abbulance, and if there is no fire, no baddies, St John attends by then selves, and at times only one person in the
ambulance. Fire and ambo's get 75% finance from thr government and the rest by fund raising.
this saves two fire trucks ans an ambo arriving to treat an angina attack on a middle aged woman, a hell of a lot cheaper when it comes time to pay as well