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I'm not a fan of articles like this. There's so little detail on why the proposal was knocked back. It's impossible to know, by the end of the article, whether it was a good or poor action by the committee.

Anybody got the inside scoop?

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[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Article very light on the actual details. For all we know it could have been like this:

Requirements: "Please provide a detailed description for the intended purpose of the funds. Include plans, quotes for materials / labour for each item the funding will go towards, and the benefits this grant will provide for the local community".

Volunteer firies : "givvus 50 grand to help us build a shed for the fire truck, ay?"

Committee: "??? Sorry this does not meet submission requirements."

Firies: "OMG literally death by bureaucracy."

[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Ha! Exactly! ABC really hit a home run on this one

[-] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

My guess given the comments about the other brigades in the shire is that using money to better provision the other brigades was considered a better use of funds than having an additional station. There are a lot of factors to balance in allocating funding, and spending the money to build a station to house a fire truck in that location might mean they end up with one less actual fire truck overall in the region.

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