If your house catches on fire, if you are having a heart attack and need an ambulance, or if someone is breaking into your home, you need to hope this happens before December 20th.
Because on December 20th, it appears we are on our own.
Among the numerous bills our Extraordinary Mayor for 38 Days, King Francis the Irresponsible, and his Loyal Defender, City Auditor Jayne Ferrero, aren't paying includes a past due bill for dispatching.
Dispatching.
The people who answer the phone when you call 911 expect to be paid.
Now, we have plenty of money to repair the mayor's street, but we don't seem to have money to pay for dispatching.
And we haven't paid the dispatching bill for a long time.
A faithful Massillon Review reader was kind enough to share with us a copy of the letter that was sent to our deadbeat city from the Local Organized Governments in Cooperation (L.O.G.I.C.) for our city's Regional Emergency Dispatch (R.E.D.) Center bill;
Auditor Ferrero,
Please note that on your Police & Fire dispatch account, there are currently several invoices past the 30-day due date from the date of service. These invoices are itemized below for your convenience. Billing for December 2011 has been sent and is included in the list below. We have made several attempts to remedy this issue without success. Please remit the past due balance of $179,382.95 in full by December 20th, 2011.
We pay the mortgage for a private hotel, a senior housing project, and a golf course.
We pay out of town lawyers for a refinancing that never happens.
We buy a restaurant.
But we don't pay our bill for dispatching.
Dispatching.
The people who summon the police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances to our homes.
Dispatching.
This is no longer funny.
These shenanigans are not acceptable.
This is negligent and dangerous.
This is a disgrace.
And if our Mayor and Auditor can't pay the bill for dispatching, they should resign before someone gets hurt.
Seriously hurt.
And let competent people take their place.
People who realize that you pay the dispatching bill before you pay to fix the mayor's street.
