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Old 12-26-2024, 04:27 PM
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No, I’m not for defunding my police. The county unincorporated need to pay for their own police. Maybe a surcharge on taxes for the group of over 100,000 in population would pay for whatever extra police they want. Wildwood has enough police and our taxes are already 1,000 dollars above the rest of unincorporated Sumter.
??? Do you think I do not pay the same Sumter County taxes that fund the Sheriff that you do? We don’t get (or desire) extra police. The extra police presence is in the incorporated areas and funded by extra taxes paid by those living in the incorporated areas. Why is that difficult to understand?
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