SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 | 5A
PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Florence and Western Lane County Residents,
stop paying THREE TIMES for an ambulance ride!
GO TO StopAmbulanceTax.com
Sign the Petition
for your right to vote on
ambulance taxes!
We deserve a right to vote THIS NOVEMBER on the government merger that makes us
pay three times for an ambulance ride. We already pay two extra property taxes on top
of the normal charges for a single ambulance ride. We should end the government-run
ambulance service and stop paying three times for the same ambulance ride.
This Government-Run Ambulance
Service is an Expensive Boondoggle
Florence Small Business
Owner Ambulance Tax Bill
Total: $1,445.74
Western Lane Ambulance District charges us two extra property taxes on top of the
normal charges for a single ambulance ride. We are forced to pay hundreds
every year for an ambulance ride we may never take.
Local Seniors are
Nickel-and-Dimed by
Government-Run Ambulances
Florence great-grandmother Marion Patton took a four-mile ambulance ride
this year and was still charged $250 by the government-run ambulance
service despite taxpayers paying two extra ambulance taxes.
Florenc Home Owner
Florence
Ambulance Tax Bill
Total: $308.76
WE DEMAND THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANT TO CONTINUE
PAYING THREE TIMES FOR AN AMBULANCE RIDE
As Western Lane County residents and taxpayers, we got involved in the ambulance district because it’s a
big annual bill for our local home and business owners. As we began to look under the hood, we discovered
that this government-run ambulance district is an expensive boondoggle. WE’RE ASKING THAT YOU TAKE
ACTION AND JOIN US IN DEMANDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN CHARGE ALLOW US TO VOTE
on whether we want to continue paying three times for an ambulance ride.
» Florence resident Larry Farnsworth, Western Lane Ambulance District Board Member (2017-2021)
» Florence resident RJ Pilcher, Western Lane Ambulance District Budget Committee Member (2018-Present)
» Florence resident Joel Marks, Western Lane Ambulance District Budget Committee Member (2018-Present)
(We are local volunteers and taxpayer advocates. As private individuals we do not speak for the Western Lane Ambulance District.)