I can assure this court there isn't a day that goes by, from now until Matthew dies, that he won't think of this, that he won't know about this,

I was not surprised. It was a great day for us.

Crews will be working 24 hours a day.

My dad had a heart attack recently and we had to have an ambulance for him, I had to call for my wife too. We rely on the district just like everyone else.

You can't buy the same pair of jeans at the same price you could five years ago. Why would you expect our cost to stay the same?

Taxes bring in about $300,000 a year. Even with only one ambulance and the staff to man it 24 hours a day it would stretch that $300,000. Then, of course, there's rent and utilities and all the other expenses. The district was formed 28 years ago. How many times have we asked for an increase since then? I think it's been one time. We are trying to provide the best service we can for the area and do it as efficiently as we can.