Financial fun and games in California
From Sacramento, CA TV station
CBS13:
Tracy Residents Now Have To Pay For 911 Calls
TRACY, Calif. -- Tracy residents will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency.
But there are a couple of options. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allows them to call 9-1-1 as many times as necessary.
Or, there's the option of not signing up for the annual fee. Instead, they will be charged $300 if they make a call for help.
"A $300 fee and you don't even want to be thinking about that when somebody is in need of assistance," said Tracy resident Greg Bidlack.
Residents will soon receive the form in the mail where they'll be able to make their selection. No date has been set for when the charges will go into effect.
The 50+ comments are uniformly against this. Part of our property taxes go to cover these services; 911 as well as fire and police -- I wonder what the Tracy budget looks like...
Posted by DaveH at February 19, 2010 4:01 PM