Pork alarm in Madison County
From the Madison County Record:
Thanks to a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, families in Madison County will be better prepared for house fires.
U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer (D-Ala.) along with Madison County Commissioner Dale Strong and Commission Chairman Mike Gillespie visited the brand-new Legacy Elementary in Harvest Aug. 14 to announce that $300,000 had been granted to provide smoke detectors to homes throughout Madison County.
The Commission will use this funding to acquire 20,000 smoke detectors, which they will distribute to every kindergarten and first grade student in Madison County during “Fire Prevention Week” in October.
What an absolute waste of money. 96% of homes already have at least one smoke alarm. That means that about 19,200 of those alarms will go to people who don’t need them. With only 800 going to homes without smoke detectors that translates into a cost of $375 per needed smoke detector. Nanny government at its finest.
The real alarm may sound if you can find out where the alarms will be purchased. Kinda like the highway lighting equipment purchased from a legislators son(son-in-law?).
I hate that type of “it’s money spent on something, so it does good, period” type of thought.
Bud Cramer will likely present a check that looks like this, as he did to the Jackson County Rec. Commission after he got a $1 million grant:
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Ralph (Bud) Cramer $300,000.00
223 Pratt St. ———-
Hsv, AL
Pay to: Madison Co. Commission
Bud Cramer
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That shocks even me. The first commenter beat me to the most important thing…follow the money. And let us know how it goes.