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[quote="observer"]Mr. Moody here's what I've read from the various posts.

First you said no one has offered any reason to you for why the sirens are maintained.  Then when multiple people contradicted you on that based on past facts, you restated that you have been given no reason you deem worthy.  Since you’re basically saying your subjective opinion differs from others in the Township, what exactly are you expecting?  That if you are noisily and persistent enough (ironic given your complaint) others will bend to your opinion?  Even if that’s the case, why pretend to be “reasonable” and say your open to hearing the reasons if you already have and have rejected them?  It seems like you are ironclad in your opinion and aren’t open to changing it, so don’t undermine your credibility by pretending you’re just waiting for a reasonable discussion.  More likely you are trying to find opportunities to debate with anyone who tries.

Putting all the various other reasons aside, what I’ve read here is that we have a 100% volunteer fire department with no full-time professionals and that our department is smaller in personnel than most if not all of the other Township’s you mentioned.  You also seem to have cherry-picked your examples since there are other Township’s that still use a siren.  At least one of the volunteers who relies on the siren commented here that they may not hear or feel the vibration of their phone sometimes.  I’m not a volunteer fire fighter but I have definitely missed calls and texts when I didn’t hear, didn’t feel the vibration or was simply out of range (despite being at my house which usually is in range – cellular service is not consistent or perfect, and no one with a straight face could suggest otherwise).  So if we have a very thin base of volunteers who might be available to respond to a call at any given time, why would we risk safety or property damage by denying ourselves every opportunity to make sure they get the call right away?  The system has worked for decades, it is preferred by the people volunteering and it is acceptable by most of the residents.  Or perhaps your lack of empathy comes from not actually owning a property in the Township.  I guess it's not your problem.

You may not like the reason, as you are inclined to like no reason that doesn’t result in your personal desire, but that’s not the same as it not being valid.  The fact that you continue to repeat the same assaults, pretending your questions haven’t been asked and answered multiple times, and freely throw insults at people along the way, frankly makes you a bully.  I suspect possibly a narcissist too, but I’ll reserve judgment.  And this isn’t about suppressing your free speech, which you have continued to exercise here, at meetings and in the papers.  This is about calling it out for what it is – bullying and self-obsession.  You clearly only think about yourself and are baffled that anyone else wouldn’t inherently agree with you.

Good luck with that and a happy holiday to you.[/quote]

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