Comments on: We’re Going to Govern Like it’s 1999 http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/ DuPont Washington's Premier Website Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:25:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Haley's Comet http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4402 Haley's Comet Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:36:41 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4402 This issue just keeps coming back over and over... This issue just keeps coming back over and over…

]]> By: Palisade Denizen http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4389 Palisade Denizen Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:11:35 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4389 Wow nearly 10% of our general fund specifically earmarked for "enhanced medical response", and nobody can explain out where it is being spent - It is like an ATM checking account that is accessed by 30 people throughout the year and watched over by our elected leaders, yet they approve it for another year like trained monkeys. Wait a minute, weren't the COLA and pay raises about 10% over the past 2 years? Our city appears as lost as a flock of geese in a snowstorm. Wow nearly 10% of our general fund specifically earmarked for “enhanced medical response”, and nobody can explain out where it is being spent – It is like an ATM checking account that is accessed by 30 people throughout the year and watched over by our elected leaders, yet they approve it for another year like trained monkeys.

Wait a minute, weren’t the COLA and pay raises about 10% over the past 2 years?

Our city appears as lost as a flock of geese in a snowstorm.

]]> By: Dude123 http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4387 Dude123 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:32 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4387 Wrong Direction, Yep, you are right. It just meant it seemed to me that the money was spent on 24/7 firefighters and not on an enhanced EMS. Wrong Direction,

Yep, you are right. It just meant it seemed to me that the money was spent on 24/7 firefighters and not on an enhanced EMS.

]]> By: Keep Help Coming http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4383 Keep Help Coming Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:36 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4383 Yeah, the ballot utilized weasel words like "medical aid vehicle" implying that you were going to be transported. Since Dupont is a city of transplants most voters probably assumed it would work as it did from wherever they came from. I think the big picture is that the EMS levy was supposed to IMPROVE service and that question is up for debate. I guess it just goes to show that part of the downside of partnering with lakewood is that it changed people's expectations and delayed the inevitable. Yeah, the ballot utilized weasel words like “medical aid vehicle” implying that you were going to be transported. Since Dupont is a city of transplants most voters probably assumed it would work as it did from wherever they came from. I think the big picture is that the EMS levy was supposed to IMPROVE service and that question is up for debate. I guess it just goes to show that part of the downside of partnering with lakewood is that it changed people’s expectations and delayed the inevitable.

]]> By: RBS http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4381 RBS Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:06:20 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4381 Wasn't that the warning of the citygate report? Once Madigan went away DuPont had to find the means for transport elsewhere? That is part of the overall confusion to those who moved to town since the 1999 measure was passed. Just what is our service and why did we have an ambulance if it couldn't transport you? Maybe we should have just had a golf cart with a red cross on the side. I think the question should be is what was they money used for when Lakewood was in town? Perhpas this offers the city an opportunity to recalcuate this amount at get the appropriate funding. The problem remains how will they communicate their convoluted point? Wasn’t that the warning of the citygate report? Once Madigan went away DuPont had to find the means for transport elsewhere? That is part of the overall confusion to those who moved to town since the 1999 measure was passed. Just what is our service and why did we have an ambulance if it couldn’t transport you? Maybe we should have just had a golf cart with a red cross on the side. I think the question should be is what was they money used for when Lakewood was in town? Perhpas this offers the city an opportunity to recalcuate this amount at get the appropriate funding. The problem remains how will they communicate their convoluted point?

]]> By: Wrong Direction http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4380 Wrong Direction Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:31:40 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4380 Dude123, Read the levy we voted on, it was all right there in plain english. I know I voted for enhanced EMS which included an ambulance. In 2010, the City of DuPont is stealing $500,000 from the citizens to pay for big city staff raises and museum pest control. It is all bullshit. Dude123,

Read the levy we voted on, it was all right there in plain english. I know I voted for enhanced EMS which included an ambulance.

In 2010, the City of DuPont is stealing $500,000 from the citizens to pay for big city staff raises and museum pest control. It is all bullshit.

]]> By: Dude123 http://realdupont.com/were-going-to-govern-like-its-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4379 Dude123 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:08:43 +0000 http://realdupont.com/?p=2341#comment-4379 The EMS Levy provided money to staff 24/7 with paid firefighters. It never had anything to do with transporting patients. Madigan provided ALS/BLS transports for DuPont at that time. Remember? The EMS Levy provided money to staff 24/7 with paid firefighters. It never had anything to do with transporting patients. Madigan provided ALS/BLS transports for DuPont at that time. Remember?

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