Great balanced article by Devin--as usual. I hope my praise doesn't get her fired. 

A quick point: 
i was critical of the one ambulance added in 2010 because of the added labor costs. But the population in 2010 was growing rapidly so it had some  thin justification.  We gained 30,000 residents between 2000 and 2010.  We,ve only gained about 3000 residents since 2010 and population is currently declining because of our recession. Adding two new ambulances during this financial downturn is clearly not based on urgent community need, it's just using a Tax Cap loophole to deceptively increase property taxes to enable the growth of government