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November 10, 2007
Volunteers Needed - Great Opportunity For Cash!
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| It dawned on me yesterday, after my employee salary post,
that I now probably have less fire protection than the average Chicoan. If
a call
goes out
that my house is on fire there may be a calculus weighing the importance
of finishing a cup-of-noodles and saving Lon's house. I'm not sure my residence
is currently valued by some city employees more than watching the end of
a Simpsons rerun. So to be on the safe side, I have decided to form my own volunteer fire fighting force. I have hired a couple of fire fighters. They don't have any particular fire fighting skills but are fun to look at. Learning from my Hasselhoff debacle I tried to hire a guy that wasn't covered in Pugs. And of course I hired Laura Kleinlittle (see photo above), who is both a CI staff writer and good friend. But I need more volunteers to make my house safe. You only need a bucket or large water bottle, a cell phone, and some means of transportation (preferably one of those old fashioned bikes with a giant front wheel). I need my faithful readers to stand with me during these trying times. Please join the International Save Lon's House Volunteer Fire Fighting Force today (ISLHVFFF). If you don't I'm bringing out the Hasselhoff! Note: I received a call from the fireman who negotiated the IAFF contract. He was a nice guy , and offered to answer any questions I have about the fire department, or its budget. I'll probably take him up on the offer. I asked him if the department was planning on coming to my house if there was a fire. He said they definitely would. But just to be on the safe side I think we need to form the ISLHVFFF. If things work out we might even score some overtime pay from the city. |
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CI Challenge: Can you guess what it is? Winner: Anthony Watts, see comments below for the answer. |
Posted by Lon at November 10, 2007 08:48 AM
Comments
the lettering says FIREFIGHT if that counts for anything
Posted by: Gregg at November 10, 2007 09:11 AM
Well I'm spending a few minutes waiting for Windows Vista to load on my new laptop (old one died this week at ripe old age of 6 months, probably burned it out on the CI Challenge) so I thought I'd drop a note. Once Vista loads, I'll write down all the drivers I need to get, then delete it and install Windows XP so that I can actually get some work done.
Fires are becoming less likely now, thanks to increased CO2 in the atmosphere, so I wouldn't worry :-) I'm joking of course.
But there will come a day when public employee unions strangle themselves. Its' not far off.
Sustainability is all the rage here, except when economic sustainability is discussed. That concept seems lost on many.
CUSD voted a pay raise for the teachers union (I didn't vote on that, I was already gone) and now there's a humongous budget hole looming. What to do? Close more schools? 4 day teaching weeks?
Police and fire protection cuts are coming, so yes, stock up on burglar alarms and fire extinguishers.
Posted by: Anthony at November 10, 2007 10:42 AM
Lon,
Sign me up. Anything to keep Hasselhoff away.
Posted by: Sean at November 10, 2007 04:06 PM
It's the movie "Firefight" billed as "A firestorm out of control is about to get hotter." Yeah that pretty well says it for city finances.
Posted by: Anthony at November 10, 2007 07:35 PM
Sean,
You're a champ. I'll send you the ISLHVFFF t-shirt and fire axe. I'm also trying to get a line on a fire-engine red VW bus that we can use for transport.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at November 10, 2007 07:41 PM
Anthony,
Good guess. I assume this movie was so good that it went straight to 8-track. I'd never heard of it before, but its description did seem fitting for the budget topic.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at November 11, 2007 03:37 AM
Anthony, i'll take your old laptop and fix it for you. it's what i do for a living. also, count me in on the fire force. i has buckets.
Posted by: TrevHastings at November 12, 2007 09:06 AM