Senator Patricia Ritchie toured Watertown's primary fire station today and learned about the high level of training and equipment in the North Country's largest department
Fire Chief Dale Herman showed Senator Ritchie all the special response equipment as well as the front line vehicles. Ms. Ritchie also talked about her bill to provide added penalties for assaults on first responders.
With media in tow, the Senator also talked about the tax cap and some ATV law....
More important to me, the visit cements relations between the new senator and the largest city in her sprawling district.
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How does it cement city relations to suck up to a small group of public employees? She is cementing relations with public employees. She should just run as a democrat and save herself all the time and effort.
If she wanted to cement relations she could have been more forthcoming with her support of our county's right to set their sales tax rate and not require housing money bribes in exchange for the support.
Since we are lowering our taxes we don't need a new tax cap law and we don't need a new first responder law. Only RINOs support new unnecessary laws.
Why do you need a law treating first responders differently? Than say a person in a wheelchair. They already have the best pension system on the planet, nice 203C legislation, and now they deliver Pizza, and install smoke detectors on OT.
"...added penalties for assaults on first responders."
I oppose such laws which I believe inherently deny Equal Protection to the non-costumed citizenry.
Why are the lives of people wearing a gov't uniform more esteemed than that of my neighbor the store clerk?
Is the seemingly constant division of society into gov't employee & then everyone else, wise?
If I suffer an injury in public & Citizen X, wearing Burger King attire, comes to my aid & while assisting me he is in-yurn assaulted by Citizen Y, would Citizen X qualify as a "First Responder"?
How will this law apply to private entities, i.e., security guards, private amulance services, and such?
"First Responders" are not coerced into their jobs. Not all "First Responders" (& I suggest most) hold these positions for altruistic reason(s).
I was always told, 'if ya want to play lumberjack, then ya best be able to carry your end of the log'.
It's called "pandering" and politicians do it so well.
Special laws are for special circumstances. Police officers that put their lives on the line have special legislation to enhance penalties against cop killers. Hopefully to deter these types of offenses against officers.
EMTs, most are VOLUTEERS go into areas that are dangerous and unknown and their intent is to help you and I in times of need. A local was killed in the line of duty while trying to help others.
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Gee Whiz Oburg, but where do you draw the line? We saw the differences after 9/11 when the Cash $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ poured into all the 9/11 funds for Fireman, but not other workers who were actively also in the rescue efforts, this is just grandstanding by Ms. Ritchie, nothing more nothing less.
It lifts my heart to see that all but one of the comments here recognize what a stupid law this is.
Did you ever notice that most arsonists turn out to be fireman?
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