Taken from a post on 5-3-2003 on this site -- Wilkes-Barre Now! II

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Date Posted: 00:44:22 06/20/04 Sun
Author: Please read this and understand where we are coming from
Subject: Taken from a post on 5-3-2003 on this site

Here, here! BANG! The mayor can vilify the hose dudes all he wants for his own political benefit. The fact of the matter is, when the grandkids are trapped in a burning building, nobody calls the mayor. When some proud senior citizen who�s body is slipping a tad falls and breaks something and lies crying on the street and are totally ashamed by their age-induced vulnerability, they don�t want to see the mayor. When the cars collide, or roll over, nobody dials 821-8111. When somebody that thinks they�ve had enough of life�s trials and tribulations jumps off of a bridge, the mayor doesn�t get wet when the water rescue ensues. When a heart stops, the mayor doesn�t get paged. He doesn�t have to respond to a 10-45 call and remove a body that was a person only minutes, or hours before they were called. When the worst thing imaginable happens to you, or your family, �who ya� gonna� call?�

The Wilkes-Barre Fire Department.

Despite the non-stop abuse the mayor shovels onto them every chance he gets, they are only a 911 phone call and four minutes away. They are the �real world.�

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