Quoted from CICERO

The town eliminated 3 full time and 14 part time paramedics.  How do two dedicated ambulances replace that loss at the same level of service?  It may not be a cost to the residents monetarily, but I have a hard time believing it will maintain the same service levels.

And I hate to keep harping on it, Mohawk may be at no monetary cost to the residents, but it's of no savings either.  The savings is getting sucked up by that crooked, overpaid police department.

Quoted from gadfly

REMS and the paramedics were of no savings either.....the difference is that REMS and the paramedics were in fact costing money...and Mohawk is not responsible for the redistribution of savings.

Quoted from CICERO

There still are no savings.  I'm not seeing a savings...are you seeing a savings?  The budget proposed shows an increase in taxes...What am I getting ?  I know I'm losing the 17 town paramedics and getting Mohawk in return(which if the privately contracted service can replace that level of paramedics, I would be fine, I just doubt it).  

I just hate when I hear that "it's a savings to the town".  The savings is on a line in the budget.  It isn't a savings to me or most anybody else.  You or I won't see a penny of that savings returned to us.  But some will.

Quoted from Patches

THAT'S IF ANY HAD ANY DIGNITY.

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Quoted from bumblethru

Sooooooooooooo....after reading all of these posts..........the end result is.....

first....nobody will not be bleeding to death in the streets...no big change/savings
second.....ROTTENdam administration got rid of rems ONLY to pad their own pockets with substantial raises.

Not ONE of these decisions is benefiting the taxpayers. Only the folks who got the raises!!

These people should NOT be in office and should be asked to resign....NOW!!

I don't care who the ambulance provider is. Not related to any of them and none are my friends. Don't even know who they are.

But there is clearly a mismanagement of taxpayer's money....and all for personal gain. THAT IS THE ISSUE.

Quoted from Patches

BT    LEAD THE WAY....   WALK THE WALK.....NOW IS THE TIME ...NO MORE TALK.......HAVE DONE MY SHARE....