Its more reliable and effective.
Well, the fire department charges when they make a call. And the ambulance. Fortunately, our water bill includes $10/month for those services. Some of the towns aren’t so lucky.
Sounds like the town in Mexico where I worked for a while in the 90s. If you wanted the police to even pretend to do anything, you had to donate about $20 for “gas money”.
Worse than dealing with the mob.
With the mob, you pay in advance weekly, but at least you don’t get robbed.
Nothing in article states how much was the victim was fined by the cops for calling them.
It’s now about $1,200 for an ambulance ride by the LAFD, but only if you have a SS number. Taxes not enough to cover cost of basic gov operations? Or money already spent on illegals/EV buses/tranny surgeries?
Move your business to a location where this isn’t an issue (the crime or the political punishment).
Shoot, shovel, shut-up, and save.
Part of Obama's "fundamental transformation."
The purpose is to discourage businesses from reporting crimes.
If a crime isn’t reported, then it doesn’t enter the crime statistics.
Police have always charged money to respond to false business alarm calls where I live.
And I know that in some places you pay a yearly fee to the fire dept, and if you don’t pay and your house burns they will come out to make sure your neighbor who paid doesn’t have his property damaged.
Deduct those charges from the taxes paid to city!
Just another minor detail in the mosaic of the country’s demise,
Why do they have to pay taxes ? so the council can party ?
Oakland: Finally there is some THERE there, but it’s just not the kind of THERE the people want.
Oakland, California. Everyone’s moving out of it...the Raiders, and now the A’s. Now they want to move small businesses out.
“Hi, this is Jim’s gas station. I’ve just shot four intruders. Do you want to come get them or should I leave them on the curb for trash cleanup?”