Something very wrong is going on here.
But you DO expect the Police and Fire departments to respond if you have a problem, right.,?
And you expect the streets to be maintained, right?
Yeah, something IS wrong, WITH YOUR THINKING (or LACK thereof).
Every year the taxes go up. Every year and i mean every year every city employee gets a wage increase.
Police are crooked as snakes. They will write you up for any traffic violation for maximum penalty on the spot but last summer i watched at the local exhibition as several obvious gang members kicked the crap out of a guy on the pavement and a manned police cruiser sat within 100 feet and did nothing.
They send a fire truck with an ambulance to pickup drunk natives off the street before too many people see them, six guys to pickup one drunk.
Can't remember the last time i saw a major fire in this city when they would actually have to so something.
Oh and kiss my ass i can look after my own. I put out a neighbors fence that was on fire a few years ago with a garden hose before the fire department even got there.
He still got a $900.00+ bill in the mail for them showing up and doing nothing!