You Better Not Have an Emergency
If you live in Lake County, Colorado, the last thing you want to do is get hurt. Or have your house catch on fire. Why? Because the current Lake County sheriff, Ed Holte, is using the county's emergency services as a political tool. Even going so far as to instruct dispatchers to send sheriff's deputies to all emergency calls first, including medical and fire calls. The situation came to a head when the captain of the fire department, Dan Dailey, was handcuffed and placed in a cell while responding to an emergency medical call.
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Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
I'm going to quote one of the original commenters (is that a word? my dictionary says it is but it doesn't look right) on the Denver Post's website: Good God Almighty! How frickin absurd is this?
Posted by Nethie on 04/02 at 08:05 PM
Californicated up!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/02 at 09:00 PM
good one mario! if the community re-elects that idiot sheriff then they deserve what they get. but up until his next election he should be held personally(criminally and finacially) accountable(not the city or county) for injuries and deaths due to his 'turf war'. also perhaps someone should spank him like the bad little boy he is acting like.
Posted by patty on 04/02 at 09:51 PM
you like RECIEVING?!? well that will give me something to think about now sweetie.
Posted by patty on 04/03 at 05:39 PM
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