Post by thewildrover on Nov 26, 2006 20:16:26 GMT -5
For the record, I am not a volunteer firefighter.
My view on this matter is that the exemption is a no brainer.
$3.80
?
That is the tax burden annually that each family in Plainedge has to buck up so that we can extend good will to our fellow community members that so graciously dedicate, and can at any time, give heroically of their own time.
Time away from their own family and loved ones.
Hours spent in a way that contribute to our communities’ sense of well being.
I ask of the B.O.E members that they strongly consider extending the courtesy of the exemption to our volunteer firefighters.
They are our fellow Plainedge residents, our neighbors and they do a job that has to be done and they do it voluntarily.
I’ll say that again, they do a job that has to be done and they do it voluntarily.
Less than four bucks a year??
I’ll give up my extra-large 7-11 Dark Mountain Roast coffee and Daily News one day a year for them.
Gladly.
Not to mention the extraordinarily important message it will send to a presently tranquil, but eager to hear, community that this is a new B.O.E from past years.
My view on this matter is that the exemption is a no brainer.
$3.80
?That is the tax burden annually that each family in Plainedge has to buck up so that we can extend good will to our fellow community members that so graciously dedicate, and can at any time, give heroically of their own time.
Time away from their own family and loved ones.
Hours spent in a way that contribute to our communities’ sense of well being.
I ask of the B.O.E members that they strongly consider extending the courtesy of the exemption to our volunteer firefighters.
They are our fellow Plainedge residents, our neighbors and they do a job that has to be done and they do it voluntarily.
I’ll say that again, they do a job that has to be done and they do it voluntarily.
Less than four bucks a year?
?I’ll give up my extra-large 7-11 Dark Mountain Roast coffee and Daily News one day a year for them.
Gladly.
Not to mention the extraordinarily important message it will send to a presently tranquil, but eager to hear, community that this is a new B.O.E from past years.
