All Blog Posts Tagged 'act' (3)

After reading Mike Ward’s latest blog and an article that he highlighted (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/upload/wm_2499.pdf), the little guy in my head got busy. First of all, I am one of those who have felt strongly that fire departments should be a local issue. I have never held that local fire departments should be subsidized by the federal government because as we have seen with the “stimulus… Continue

A few years ago, an East Coast friend and I were lamenting out loud that we didn’t have a national organization that REALLY represented the silent majority in the volunteer fire service. Now; I want it understood that, if some of you who are reading this served on committees at the national level of the National Council on Fire Blah, Blah, Blah; this is NOT directed at you. I don’t need anymore hate mail for a while. But, how many of you who have worked for a fire service organization at… Continue

Below is a link to the news story as posted by our WebChief: http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/obama-proposes-significant-afg#firegrants In light of the recent turn of events or in this case, a downturn, I have quoted a portion of a speech that President Obama delivered in January of this year: Taken from January 8, 2009 speech: …Finally, this recovery and reinvestmen… Continue