https://nj1015.com/california-fire-disaster-wake-up-call-new-jersey-is-next-without-action/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=01rk6ndmqt&di=668253fd18d5308e2c5357c98b931ee1
California fire disaster wake-up call: New Jersey is next without action
Bill Spadea
Published: January 10, 2025
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The bottom line is that we need to keep the environmental wackos in check so that we are managing our forests, keeping our reservoirs filled and stopping overdevelopment, which has a negative impact on water pressure and infrastructure potentially making it much harder for firefighters to do their jobs.
The state needs to encourage and empower local fire departments to recruit young people into the departments and eliminate harmful mandates that keep recruiting down.
All firefighters, both volunteer and career, should receive free cancer screening and Chapter 78 pension reform should be struck down until overall insurance costs are brought down.
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Politicians in Trenton want to pit public workers against the private sector as if it’s us vs. them. What they have completely wrong is the “us” in the equation are all middle and working-class families, whether you’re working the public or private sector. The “them” in the equation are the back-room Trenton insiders who have been profiting on our backs for far too long. It is the real us vs. them and it’s time we hold them accountable and take back Trenton government for us.
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I think that Bill Spadea is absolutely correct about the “us vs. them”. Too long we have allowed politicians and bureaucrats to pit us against each other.
In this particular case, the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee can learn from the California fires without having to experience them personally. Same as floods, let’s take “lessons learned” and transform them into positive actions.
We have fires here in New Jersey every year. (Remember the Garden State Parkway being closed by smoke recently.) Where is the plan to mitigate and control.
We have floods here in New Jersey every year. (Remember the town named Bound Brook. It’s for a reason.) Where is the plan for that.
We have an “insurance cancellation” problem here in New Jersey every year. (Remember the various harror stories about being cancelled for a stained roof or dilapidated shed?). Where is our plan for eminent domaining properties that are repeatedly flooded? Or no coverage to rebuild in disaster zones. And, certainly not rebuilding mansions at the shore repeatedly covered by flood insurance. How about state wide “insurance pools” run like credit unions?
Let’s not let the politicians and bureaucrats lull us back to sleep with vague promises only to be reawakened by disasters.
Argh!
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