Comments on: Speed-cam fines could foot ambulance bill: Andrews http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/11/19/politics-53/ Your neighborhood news source Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:36:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tj http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/11/19/politics-53/comment-page-1/#comment-20654 tj Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:52:09 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=3204#comment-20654 This is a cowardly act by Phil Andrews and the rest of the council. This just shows that they cannot make the difficult decisions without catering to the special interest groups. Leggett has stated over and over again that people will not receive an ambulance bill. The insurance companies will receive the ambulance bill. We already pay for ambulance service through our insurance so our insurance premiums will not go up. They need to stop with these scare tactics in stating that fees would dissuade people from calling 911. We have illegal aliens heading to emergency rooms without any fear on how they are going to pay for the services. Now the council thinks it is a good idea to remove money that should be going to pedestrian/traffic safety program. This says a lot on their thinking about pedestrian/traffic safety. Obviously it is not an important issue to them. What will they have to say the next time someone tries to cross 29 and gets hit by a car? <em>Editor's note: Q. What will the county council have to say the next time someone tries to cross 29 and gets hit by a car? A. "The ambulance ride's on us." -- JD (Nov 19, 2008)</em> This is a cowardly act by Phil Andrews and the rest of the council. This just shows that they cannot make the difficult decisions without catering to the special interest groups. Leggett has stated over and over again that people will not receive an ambulance bill. The insurance companies will receive the ambulance bill.

We already pay for ambulance service through our insurance so our insurance premiums will not go up. They need to stop with these scare tactics in stating that fees would dissuade people from calling 911. We have illegal aliens heading to emergency rooms without any fear on how they are going to pay for the services.

Now the council thinks it is a good idea to remove money that should be going to pedestrian/traffic safety program. This says a lot on their thinking about pedestrian/traffic safety. Obviously it is not an important issue to them. What will they have to say the next time someone tries to cross 29 and gets hit by a car?

Editor’s note: Q. What will the county council have to say the next time someone tries to cross 29 and gets hit by a car? A. “The ambulance ride’s on us.” — JD (Nov 19, 2008)

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