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Letters to the EditorsFire officials deserve support
© St. Petersburg Times, published February 27, 2001 Editor: I have been following the bickering for the last week in reference to the Spring Hill Fire Rescue District commissioners buying radios. Has anyone realized who is complaining? It is the media, not the taxpayers. Let's take a moment and place the fire commissioners under a microscope. What do we see? I see five unpaid gentlemen who: Make sure we have the best equipment possible. Make sure our firefighters are well provided for and have received the very best training. Assure us a quick response when we need them. Work very hard for us and have not asked for a tax increase in more than 15 years. About $4,800 out of a $6.5-million dollar budget is peanuts if this is a tool the commissioners need to continue doing a fine job. Keep up the good work.
The issue is crowding, not low-income housingEditor: Re: Wait on us, but please don't live close to us, Feb. 18 Jan Glidewell column. Jan Glidewell states he lives within 20 feet of low-income housing. How many units are in this housing? Is it on a congested corner? Is there a school within a short distance of this housing? No, Mr. Glidewell, we are not opposed to low-income housing, but we are opposed to putting it in an area that is already crowded with stores, a gas station, a pharmacy and never mind the traffic that is generated when parents pick up their children at the school. Come now, Mr. Glidewell, let's be realistic.
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