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Originally Posted by Eric
Similar over here. Some communities are just too small to have their own police, fire and ambulance services ... and their tax base is too small to deal with even small holes in the road, let alone snow removal. So a larger authoriy deals with the problems. But it is still local. And, though it's none of my business, I don't think Lancashire County Council should be messing about with global, even national, political issues either. There are fires to put out, emergencies to be transported to hospital, streets to be policed, garbage to be removed, snow to be cleared, and ... yes ... potholes to be fixed. That's more than enough to keep local councils and county councils busy.
Seems like Hyndburn is big enough to deal with a few holes in the road. And if they had more to do, they wouldn't have all that free time on their hands to waste on worrying about what is going on halfway around the world.
Question: does Hyndburn council collect its own taxes?
Oh ... and don't be so damned grumpy   |
Grumpy, moi?
That better?
Just wanted to add that ambulances are separate again from local and county councils
They have their own bit of the NHS.
We all pay council tax which is divided up between local and county councils and the police and fire services. The county council gets the lion's share.