PHILADELPHIANS PLEASE HELP SAVE THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE DEPT.

[PHILLYFIRE3]

MAYOR NUTTER IS CLOSING 5 ENGINES AND 2 LADDER COMPANIES IN PHILADELPHIA TO SAVE MONEY. WHAT HE IS DOING IS TAKING A MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE AND LIFE SAVING TOOL AWAY.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE AN EMS ISSUE ALREADY AND NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS THAT ENGINE OR LADDER COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR FIRST RESPONDER AND COULD BE SAVING YOUR LIFE WILE THE AMBULANCE COULD BE 10-15 MINS AWAY AND ANOTHER ENGINE OR LADDER COULD BE 9 MINS AWAY. THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS.
THESE ARE PEOPLES LIVES. MY JOB IS NOT IN JEPORDY IM NOT WRITING THIS TO KEEP MY JOB IM WRITING THIS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC WHAT HE IS DOING.
PLEASE GO TO IAFF22. ORG AN SIGN OUR PETITION TO KEEP THESE UNITS RESPONDING FAST AND QUICKLY.ALSO THERE IS A WEBSITE SAVEPFD.COM.OTHERS AND MYSELF RISK OUR LIVES EVERYDAY TO SAVE THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA WE DONT ASK FOR MUCH.PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO HELP US OUT IT WILL BE BENIFETING YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY QUESTION CONTACT ME. WE NEED ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GET.

[andrewjs18]

signed, thanks.

[truecrimson]

Watch for the bait and switch. Nutter announced a number of budget cuts. Now comes the (not unwarranted) hue and cry about losing vital, life saving services. Shortly we will hear Nutter come out and say "well, we could keep the services. If we raised some taxes....."

[Willie D]

For the cost of ONE day in Iraq ($720 Million), you could make 72 Philly sized cities meet their budget needs.

[sluggie24]

I don't know what you are so worried about............didn't you hear he was gonna make fire illegal in Philly so that should take care of things.........

[1iarrowking]

Philadelphians elected him so now they can live with him.

Oh wait! Fat Eddie called to say the rest of the commonwealth is just going to have to cough up the revenue to bail Philthy out of another self inflicted mess.

[SilentRage]

How about a new web site ,,, GRON.COM ........

Get Rid Of Nutter .com ,, and while we're at it let's throw in Murtha ,,,

[tes151]

Philadelphians elected him so now they can live with him.

Oh wait! Fat Eddie called to say the rest of the commonwealth is just going to have to cough up the revenue to bail Philthy out of another self inflicted mess.

I see allowing Philadelphia to die on the vine as a viable option. Most ( if not all ) of their problems are self inflicted.

[PBC Solutions]

Watch for the bait and switch. Nutter announced a number of budget cuts. Now comes the (not unwarranted) hue and cry about losing vital, life saving services. Shortly we will hear Nutter come out and say "well, we could keep the services. If we raised some taxes....."

It seems like all Mayors do this. Everytime Harrisburg has a "budget crisis", Mayor Reed always threatens to lay off half of the police force, until someone caves in and he gets his way and our taxes go up.

[Guy Fawkes]

Federal money and state money are different colors. The money for OIF/OEF isn't state money, no connection. Perhaps if they managed the money they collect in taxes better they could pay for fire protection. The choices are in the hands of the politicians who are elected. If they make bad decisions then you lose.

Next election cycle you choose another. If they screw up then choose again.