I applaud Dale Drozen’s article regarding the closing of the Ahwahnee and Raymond fire stations and the total lack of common sense by our Board of Supervisors.

The three supervisors who voted to close those stations all reside in the valley and none of their area will be affected by these closures.

The travesty of their decision will affect every person in eastern Madera County if they have an emergency and I, for one, will pursue the necessary action to hold every board member accountable for their inept decision if I am in need of emergency assistance.

We all know that the nation, state and counties are in deep trouble, financially, and deep cuts need to be made to balance their budgets, but eliminating our first responders should be at the bottom of the list, especially when there are alternative actions that can be taken without effecting the response levels during an emergency.

With the tea parties continuing throughout our wonderful country, maybe it is time to band together and vote out every incumbent, from top to bottom, including our Madera County supervisors and start with a clean slate of officials who will deal with good common sense and move us in the right direction.

Closing fire stations is not the right direction, period.

Dale Miller,
Ahwahnee

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