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Pass the Boot

Sun., Jan. 16, 2011

The next time I am hung up at an intersection by Spokane’s firefighters during their “Pass the Boot Campaign,” I will remember your Jan. 9 story by Jonathan Brunt.

These (sic) civil servants need the “Boot,” they shouldn’t be having their underlings passing it to us looking for handouts.

This disgraceful situation is befitting of Bell, Calif., not Spokane. I can’t think of one reason why we need these individuals. We can’t afford them. Perhaps we should become the largest city in America with a volunteer fire department. Our insurance rates wouldn’t increase more than we are being taken for by these (sic) chiefs.

Bart Needham

Spokane

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