http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=47434
Exclusive: Jacksonville To Cremate The Indigent
"It's very upsetting," says Jarrell, who volunteers at nursing homes and hospices around the city. She's trying to raise funds to pay for the burial of one elderly patient who is terminal, and does not want to be cremated when she passes away.
"I want to honor this person's wishes, and that's that they be buried, not cremated," Jarrell said.
Wiles, who says the city expects to handle 182 indigent burials for this fiscal year, estimates the taxpayers are being saved $145,000 by the switch to cremation - 33% of the city's budget for indigent burial.
She adds, Jacksonville officials decided to make the switch on the heels of Dade and Pinellas Counties, two other Florida counties that have also begun cremating indigent residents in recent years to save money.
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Lotsa reasons for it I'm sure, including who conducted the poll.