May 19, 2009
Police Services Consolidating, Preview To The Future Of California?
It's happening, from state level to municipalities police services are running out of money. Yesterday the USA Today reported on the phenomenon and cited some examples of affected communities including the Palm Springs area in California.
"In Southern California, Indio and its neighbors Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City and Beaumont have merged some key functions and also plan to combine dispatch operations to increase efficiency. "It's the legacy of the budget crunch," Indio's Capt. Richard Banasiak says..."
The steps taken in Palm Springs are logical. What is happening in the Coachella Valley can and should be widely instituted elsewhere in California and throughout the country, how can it not?
Today in California voters are set to reject the plate of tax initiatives on the ballet. I voted no and most people I know voted no.
Enough is enough is what voters are saying. Enough tricky schemes to raise our taxes, enough giving politicians more money to pad their pet services. Enough with pure entitlements. Enough with the taxes that are driving my family and friends from their home state.
The challenge is now on the Governor and his buds in Sacramento to actually make cuts.
He shouldn't wait for his share of the stimulus to bail us out. He should go ahead and make some cuts. It's unavoidable anyway. He's too far away from the end of his term, he can't punt, he has to pull out the pen and CUT.
It's now on Governor Schwarzenegger. Maybe he can be the leader we thought we were getting when we voted him in.
"In Southern California, Indio and its neighbors Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City and Beaumont have merged some key functions and also plan to combine dispatch operations to increase efficiency. "It's the legacy of the budget crunch," Indio's Capt. Richard Banasiak says..."
The steps taken in Palm Springs are logical. What is happening in the Coachella Valley can and should be widely instituted elsewhere in California and throughout the country, how can it not?
Today in California voters are set to reject the plate of tax initiatives on the ballet. I voted no and most people I know voted no.
Enough is enough is what voters are saying. Enough tricky schemes to raise our taxes, enough giving politicians more money to pad their pet services. Enough with pure entitlements. Enough with the taxes that are driving my family and friends from their home state.
The challenge is now on the Governor and his buds in Sacramento to actually make cuts.
He shouldn't wait for his share of the stimulus to bail us out. He should go ahead and make some cuts. It's unavoidable anyway. He's too far away from the end of his term, he can't punt, he has to pull out the pen and CUT.
It's now on Governor Schwarzenegger. Maybe he can be the leader we thought we were getting when we voted him in.
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Its neat to find out this is happening in California as well as where I'm out in Pennsylvania.
Good or bad, its a sign of the times in both the police and fire services. Especially here in western PA, where there are so many volunteer fire companies.
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Good or bad, its a sign of the times in both the police and fire services. Especially here in western PA, where there are so many volunteer fire companies.
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