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Obion County

October 06, 2010 Obion County Sheriff Posted by Willian Smith Welcome to the Obion County Sheriffs Department Online. We are very pleased to have a presence on the World Wide Web. Our goal is to enhance accessibility [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Freedom Rider: Burn Baby Burn Send by Freedom Rider Gene Cranick's house burned down in Obion County, Tennessee. Fires take place every day, but Cranick's house burned down because he hadn't paid a yearly $75 fee for fire protection. It sounds a bit like mafia extortion, but rural Obion [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Far-right Local Government Lets Family's Home Burn | TheCLog Send by John Grooms When Obion County resident Gene Cranick's home caught fire, neighbors called the county's firefighters. The firefighters showed up, but refused to put it out because Cranick hadn't paid a $75 fee to subscribe to fire protection [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Dymaxion World: Wherein I Side With The Glibertarians Send by john This is an ongoing problem in Obion County, Tennessee, and the people who live in the rural areas around South Fulton know very well what they're doing. From a PDF that Drum links to, the important points of this scenario are: [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Firefighters Watch House Burn And 4 Animals... | Gather Send by Deborah Dennert Oct 05, 2010 Ashes and rubble are all that remain of Gene Cranicks house after it burned to the ground last week in Obion County, Tennessee. Firefig. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 A La Carte Government More Light Than Heat Send by morelightthanheat The irony of the situation in Obion County, Tennessee, is that the county did a study a couple years ago that addressed the best way to provide fire service to all its residents. Section 4 of the report details possible funding options [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Firefighting In Obion County Posted by Willian Smith Everybody is chattering today about the South Fulton Fire Department. Why? Because they provide fire protection for the city of South Fulton, Tennessee. If you live [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 House Burns Down Due To Not Paying Fire Protection Fee Send by Geeding OBION COUNTY, Tenn. Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight. A local neighborhood is furious after firefighters watched [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Capitalism At Work: Firefighters Let Family's House Burn Down ... Send by BJ Murphy Because there is no operational county fire department, the officials noted, Obion County has missed the opportunity to actively pursue receipt of FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) and Community Development Block Grants [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Grant Lawrence--Bodhi Thunder: Terry Canaan: Taxation By Fees Is ... Send by Grant Lawrence Cranick was taken to the Obion County Law Enforcement Complex and was later taken to the hospital in Union City for treatment of a hand injury sustained in the incident. So that worked out well for all involved. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 ISIAH CAREY'S 'INSITE': IN OBION COUNTY TENNESSEE YOU HAVE TO PRE ... Send by Isiah Carey AKA The Insite IN OBION COUNTY TENNESSEE YOU HAVE TO PRE-PAY TO PUT OUT THE FIRE! Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 The Volokh Conspiracy County Resident Declines To Pay For Fire ... Send by Orin Kerr Here's an interesting question about the proper scope of government arising from Obion County, Tennessee. The county does not have its own fire department, and instead relies on the fire protection services of the nearby City of Fulton. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 After Firefighters Watched Home Burn, Obion County Expands ... Posted by Willian Smith Now, local news station ABC 7 is reporting that the Obion County Budget Committee met last night and has decided to expand the subscription-only fire service to additional towns. The station reports that the committee passed an [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 South Fulton Tennessee Fire Department Refuses To Put Out House ... Send by Brian Krassenstein The Cranick family, who lives in Obion County, next to South Fulton forgot to pay a $75 yearly fee for for fire service. Obion County does not have a county wide service, so they rely on South Fulton's fire department to respond to any [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Something New Every Day Let It Burn Send by Jeff Residents of Obion County Tennessee have a choice. They live in a part of the country without fire protection service. However, if they pay an annual fee of $75 to the nearby city of South Fulton, the city will respond to fires outside [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 More On Gene Cranick And The Fire That Firefighters Wouldn't Put ... Send by stopthemadness Today Glenn Beck and co-host Pat Gray gave their own take on Gene Cranick, the Tennessee man whose house burned down while county firefighters watched. The fire department of Republican-controlled Obion County refused to help Cranick [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Fire Department Let Home Burn Due To Homeowner Not Paying $75 Fee ... Send by Dowell Taggart Team Here is the story: A homeowner in Obion County call a fire dispatcher to report a fire in his home. Upon calling, he was informed by the dispatcher that he had not paid the $75 yearly fee for fire protection. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Man House Got Burned Down Because He Forgot To Pay $75 Dollars Posted by Willian Smith This is just fu*ked up. What the Hell is happening to United States Of America. This is Inhuman, Shameful, Unacceptable [...] So what even if he didn't pay $75 dollars. Human beings must help one another when in need. You can't trust the system. I'm pissed with the system. Just about anything can be fod [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 About That Burned Down House Let's Set The Record Straight ... Send by Bruce McQuain Benny McGuire is announcing his candidacy for re-election to the office of Obion County mayor in the May 4 Democratic primary. McGuire said the last 312 years have been very busy and have been productive for the entire county. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 FIREFIGHTERS LET HOUSE BURN TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OWN DIDNT PAY TOWN FEE Posted by Willian Smith Firefighters watched from the sidelines while a mans county home burned to the ground because he hadnt paid the $75 fire protection fee. The owner of the now-gutted house in Obion County, TN Gene Cranick says he called 911 and offered to pay whatever it would take to get the firefighters to act, b [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Because Of Unpaid Fee, Firefighters Watch Home Burn To The Ground ... Send by bydesign001 I say to residents of Obion County, BALDERDASH!!! Your town's firefighters were negligent in their duties. In addition, I say to the mayor of South Fulton, its bureaucrats and its firefighters SHAME ON ALL OF YOU! [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 06, 2010 Hooked On The American Dream: MSNBC-"Alphaville", Tenn.; County ... Send by Bmc The fire-ravaged house of Gene Cranick, Obion County, TN, whose municipality let burn to the ground because he didn't pay the $75 fee: fixfulton.org. (Story reported by MSNBC.com). Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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