Didnt pay for firefighting service: house burns!

CanadianKid said:
Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee.

Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the fire, along with three dogs and a cat.

"They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do it," Cranick told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.

The fire started when the Cranicks' grandson was burning trash near the family home. As it grew out of control, the Cranicks called 911, but the fire department from the nearby city of South Fulton would not respond.

"We wasn't on their list," he said the operators told him.

Cranick, who lives outside the city limits, admits he "forgot" to pay the annual $75 fee. The county does not have a county-wide firefighting service, but South Fulton offers fire coverage to rural residents for a fee.

Cranick says he told the operator he would pay whatever is necessary to have the fire put out.

His offer wasn't accepted, he said.

The fire fee policy dates back 20 or so years.

"Anybody that's not inside the city limits of South Fulton, it's a service we offer. Either they accept it or they don't," said South Fulton Mayor David Crocker.

Firefighters did eventually show up, but only to fight the fire on the neighboring property, whose owner had paid the fee.

"They put water out on the fence line out here. They never said nothing to me. Never acknowledged. They stood out here and watched it burn," Cranick said.

South Fulton's mayor said that the fire department can't let homeowners pay the fee on the spot, because the only people who would pay would be those whose homes are on fire.

Cranick, who is now living in a trailer on his property, says his insurance policy will help cover some of his lost home.

"Insurance is going to pay for what money I had on the policy, looks like. But like everything else, I didn't have enough."


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CK Commentary:

You should live by the rules. So I'm not really sympathetic to the guy - his house burned down but he chose not to pay for the firefighting service....

And this is rural tennessee where everybody's conservative, and this guy from his pic on MSNBC looks like a redneck. So this system of private enterprise sure worked out for him....

I love conservatives who bitch about socialization of services, except when it comes and bites them in the ass!

So good riddance to this goofball he got what he deserved.

Its ironic that his next door neighbour did buy the firefighting service and therefore had his house saved!

You get what you pay for!

CK
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i pay my taxes as well as keep up my fire insurance Vs. value of my home

having said that, the fire charge should not be a fee but a tax

protective government services should not be 'fee' driven but part of taxes
 
DonQuixote said:
i pay my taxes as well as keep up my fire insurance Vs. value of my home

having said that, the fire charge should not be a fee but a tax

protective government services should not be 'fee' driven but part of taxes
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DQ, it is impossible for the city to enact a tax on people that do not live within the township. Therefore, a fee is the only thing they can do.
 
christiefan915 said:
Bingo! The only comment I'm seeing from conservatives is the time-honored money argument, i.e. "not on my dime". For a measly seventy-five dollars these morally-repugnant freaks let a house burn to the ground, along with four animals that were trapped and couldn't get out. Would they have stood there flapping their gums and bloviating about following the rules if human beings were inside, too?

There was no excuse for this... zero, zip, nada. It' one instance where standing on principle isn't going to change the opinion of millions that this was a disgusting display of callousness.
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FINALLY! Someone with some common sense.
 
usaloyal2theend said:
Wiining the argument, even if it aptly demonstrates his mental retardation is fine with Zap and other liberals in this thread, just as long as they perceive a win.

It doesn't matter one wit what the truth is, just that someone tried to make this about the evil Libertarian new world government they claim is looming on the horizon, and nothing else.

They don't want the truth. They want their way.
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That'a right...kiss that board moderator ass...maybe if you kiss it enough, then next time he'll side with you when you get your tits all twisted up over something Grind said...
 
ZappasGuitar said:
That'a right...kiss that board moderator ass...maybe if you kiss it enough, then next time he'll side with you when you get your tits all twisted up over something Grind said...
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Are you still pissed at Damo for not capitulating to your demands Rollo Man? Stamping your foot and shrieking at the top of your lungs may work at home Bossy, but here it just doesn't cut it.

Now go suck your fat thumb, and pull your sweat pants up. Your butt crack is showing again!
 
ZappasGuitar said:
That'a right...kiss that board moderator ass...maybe if you kiss it enough, then next time he'll side with you when you get your tits all twisted up over something Grind said...
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There you go- jealous of another mans ass again! Did you really think zap that having the equivalent of 6 asses would get you a kiss on one of them?

You see zap, here's the thing...though Damos' ass might be cute, we never try and kiss it...we leave that to groveling angry assholes like you and then laugh when your intended victim smacks you around anyways :)
 
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