Funding and Grants
As I was reading a recent Firehouse.com piece on the layoffs in Lawrence, MA, my mind began to travel back in time. The mayor and politicians in this old mill community were looking to their neighbors to subsidize the cost of their fire protection needs. Had I not written about this a long time ago? In checking my records I discovered that I covered this topic more than a decade ago. More than 10 years ago I wrote a scathing commentary right here on the electronic pages of...
