<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Paul states,</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">"As a property tax payer, I'd rather pay for general police coverage that way than to have to have a credit card handy when I dial 911."</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Paul, I think that is an excellent counter argument to a claim that people should be required to personally finance the costs of their <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>legitimate</SPAN></SPAN> emergencies to the city. But since that claim was never made I am unsure as to why you would make it.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">However, I am sure that many for profit businesses would be pleased to hear that you are willing to pay a share of their costs of doing business by <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">transferring</SPAN></SPAN> their company <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>responsibilities</SPAN></SPAN> to <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-3><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>publicly</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> funded government agencies they don't pay into. I am not so willing and generous as you are, <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-4><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>apparently</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>. I believe that general city services should be used for the general public not to pawn off expenses of private for profit companies to local taxpayers.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Donovan Arnold</div></SPAN>
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