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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/04/2009 10:46 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 03/04/2009 10:50 AM
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Measure L Passes With a Landslide Vote! ~By Mike Shevlin
Copperopolis, CA...The Copper Firefighters Association came to this community with the request for help in passing Measure L to continue to allow the Copperopolis Fire Protection District to spend the tax dollars collected and held by Calaveras County for operating expenses. If Measure L had not passed . . . our Paramedic program would have ceased to exist and five paid Firefighters would have been laid off. That was not acceptable to those of us that understand that the nearest ambulance with a Paramedic is 30 minutes or more away...
Our slogan was “Help us help you”. As Association members, we met with groups and organizations that could get the word out and answered questions of individuals so that the voting matter was explained to their satisfaction.
We expected there to be some nay votes and hoped that these folks voting NO were few. What an amazing surprise to see the end results! The community of Copperopolis showed up with an 84% YES vote.
As many of you know the Copper Fire District is made up of paid and volunteer staff. Many of the people that show up for an incident are people like me that are volunteers. Our paycheck is the pat on the back we get once in a while. Yesterday 84% of Copperopolis told us thanks!
I can only tell you what a humbling experience it is to work for this community. Thanks for your caring and support.
Mike Shevlin ~ President
Copper Firefighters Association
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