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TO EDITOR
ON STREET
Must vote
now for
EMS
Editor, the Journal
On August 16 we in
Union will be voting again
on the Emergency Medical •
Services (EMS) levy, which
will replace the expired
2010 levy. It is important
that we pass this levy now
or there will be no funding
for emergency medical
services.
There are two firefighters
and one administrative
assistant at our fire
station on salary. We are
most fortunate to have 26
volunteer firefighters who
are highly trained.
It is our responsibility
to make sure our seven
vehicles have as much
equipment as the state
allows. This is our only
chance to get funding and
keep the equipment to top
standards.
I think this is a bargain
at twice the price. Please
vote yes on the EMS levy.
reservations, dispatch
and drivers alike. They all
seem well suited for their
respective jobs. The drivers
are kind, courteous, helpful
and patient (we aren't all
so quick on our feet) and
in our hurry up world full
of impatience and over-
worked, sometimes under
appreciated employees
- its nice to find such
understanding kindness.
I recognize true gold
when I see it and believe
me Mason County you've
got it.
Please take a moment to
say thank you to those who
serve you. It goes a long
way in encouragement.
Thank you Mason
County for such a valuable
bus system.
Judy McNeal
Shelton
Yes on the
How do you think the county should save
bring in revenue for the 2012 budget?
Bob Haynes Jeremy Kempton Linda Simms
money/
Libby Avery
"I think they have to cut "I think they should spend "I really don't believe they "I think they are looking at
somewhere, but they'll have their money on fixing the should cut funding as far all of their priorities and
to be careful where they cut roads downtown but I don't as fire, police or schools. I think we need to look
because somebody's going know what they should There's a lot of waste at ways to bring in more
to complain. It's a hard cut because I don't knowgoing on and I think therevenue because we're
thing to do." what they're spending their county should look there, already pretty skeletomzed.
money on." They really need to lookI think they should do more
at priorities and see what touristy things to bring
the consumers, which thepeople iu and make them
taxpayers are, need." want to come back."
Editor, the Journal
I am writing to
encourage voters in Mason
HelenRobel, Fire District No. 6ofUnion Journal Letter Policy
Union to approve the Emergency
Medical Services levy in the
August 16 election.
To me it is simply a no- The Journal welcomes and encourages your letters
brainer. This is a levy to
replace an existing levy.
Without its passage, we
in District No. 6 have
no regular funding for
the medical emergency
responses that we have be under 350 words and provide contact and ad:
come to rely on and need in
a community with a large dress-information for the Journal.
We need
Editor, the Journal
I support the 2012
replacement Emergency
Medical Serwces levy for
Fire District 6. As a senior
citizen living in a mostly
senior community, I am
reassured knowing that
there is 24 hour emergency
medical help available to
me and my wife and to all
of my neighbors. It is just ,
a pone call and minutes
away. I have seen our aid
car in my neighborhood
within the past few days.
It is not adequate to
wait for help from Shelten
or Belfair when possible
life threatening situations
occur in our community.
Please join me in voting
for Fire District 6 EMS
replacement levy on August
16.
Gary Gozat
Union
County
drivers are
the best
number of retirees.
Without it the Fire
Commission would have
to take funds from fire
protection or else our EMS
service would go away
altogether.
This levy also provides
for staffing at our fire
station on a 24/7 basis,
meaning that theresponse "
time to our emergencies
will take an average of six
minutes. Time is critical
after heart attack, stroke,
or other life-threatening
event. The ability of our
EMS crews to get to us
quickly is a key factor in
saving lives, as well as
maintaining our quality of
life aRer a trauma such as
these.
What does this levy cost?
It would only cost $7.29
per month for a home with
a valuation of $250,000,
which is only 40 cents per
day. That is the cheapest
insurance I can have in a
medial emergency.
The real question is
"What would it cost us ff
this measure were not to be
approved?"
To me the answer is
simply a no-brainer. I
encourage you to vote yes
on the EMS.
Terry R. Oliver
Union
Editor, the Journal
Due to my emergency
surgery and inability to
drive until healed, I have
had the opportunity to
use the Mason County
Dial-A-Ride system. And
I just can't resist giving a
shout out to the drivers.
Fellow residents, you
are surrounded by gold
treasure in the form of your
bus system, particularly the
drivers.
I've been treated
kindly by everyone
it the transit system,
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