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Sparks Fee Frenzy: When the City’s $18 Million Hole Lands in Your Wallet
The City of Sparks has discovered a new way to “serve and protect” — by charging you for it.
Facing an $18 million budget shortfall, Sparks officials are floating something called a “First Responder Fee.” Translation: if you have the bad luck to need emergency medical help, and the Sparks Fire Department shows up first, you could get a $527 bill.
That’s right. The people who are supposed to show up when your heart stops or your car crashes now come with a surcharge.
Passing the Hat at 10,000 Feet: Why Is REMSA Asking You to Help Buy Their Helicopter?
REMSA, the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority, wants your help buying a new helicopter for rural Nevada. The plan is simple: raise funds to match a donation, William N. Pennington Foundation has pledged a $3.25 million matching gift to support the purchase of a helicopter for Care Flight, a service of REMSA Health - they get the shiny new bird, and then — here’s the twist — hand off their current helicopter to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department.
Sounds generous, right? Until you follow the rotor blades of logic.