You’re correct, and in large proportion another segment of the government/union/Democrat rock solid alliance.
And you are right about that as well.....not so much in this little town in particular, but across the country fo shizzle.
As an aside, about 2-3 days before 9-11, I saw a documentary on how superior the Cincinnati Fire Department was to the FDNY - because the unions prevented FDNY from buying modern equipment, because it would replace union jobs.
I wonder why no one ever asks why we were responding to 9-11 with equipment from the 1800s in many cases......there is an answer to it.
Oh, that documentary cannot be found today. I’m sure it was destroyed on, about 9-12.