O'bubbacare in Boundary County
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| August 1, 2012 |
County taxpayers just paid, and will for years
to come, $340,000 a year for a business that, in 2010,
brought in $235,000 in revenue. In 2009, it was
$228,000, 2008 it was $248,000.
In 2010, $81,000 was paid out in salaries, 2009
it was $82,000, 2008 it was $75,000.
The dirty little secret is the people using the
service were paying for the service to an extent
that a non-taxed profit was earned.
Did you also know that a "run" or say a call for
an ambulance is requested and the crew treats
three persons that is considered three "runs"?
So if the actual number of calls were 100 but at
each call eight people were treated, that is
considered 800 "runs."
One Commissioner remarked that the other
proposal presented by Connie DeCoe-Munier was
based on volunteers and he did not want to do
that.
I guess it is easier just to tax than to
exercise due diligence. I can't wait for the
levy vote for the new building.
O'bubbacare in Boundary County. |
Rosanne Smith
Moyie Springs
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