$50 to call 911?
source: http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/30/ventura-oks-fee-for-911-service/
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- Jessica_Griffiths
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Starting May 1, citizens of Ventura county will be paying an extra $1.49 on their telephone bills to GAIN ACCESS to Emergency Services - if they opt out of the monthly fee never fear there is a healthy alternative - just pay $50 any time they call 911.
How many people who would have usually called in and reported accidents they've witnessed- will now just drive on by... how many people that see something, won't have a chance to say something because they don't want to cough up $50? It's like it makes being a good samaritan a benefit of the wealthy...
My mom sat on a bus this afternoon with a woman from Ventura who told her that concerned "skeptics" (as the article calls them) of the county have proposed yet another alternative to all this -- calling the county attorney with all 911 emergencies and having him make the $50 calls - I think that's a great idea!
How many people who would have usually called in and reported accidents they've witnessed- will now just drive on by... how many people that see something, won't have a chance to say something because they don't want to cough up $50? It's like it makes being a good samaritan a benefit of the wealthy...
My mom sat on a bus this afternoon with a woman from Ventura who told her that concerned "skeptics" (as the article calls them) of the county have proposed yet another alternative to all this -- calling the county attorney with all 911 emergencies and having him make the $50 calls - I think that's a great idea!
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echoz
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...how in the hell??? we're gonna be buying the air we breath very soon with losers like that making decisions. I gotta say the U.S. is *really* ph*up...
- 4 years ago
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echoz
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uroborus8
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This is the most idiotic idea ever!
- 4 years ago
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uroborus8
