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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?

This ain't going to happen tomorrow.

Who do we blame for Adam & Eve not doing the right thing???

Your logic is faulty. Do you think the 100,000 plus unincorporated have the same amount of responses by the sheriff’s department as they do in the Wildwood area? I assure the number of responses in Wildwood by the sheriff’s department is significantly smaller because of Wildwood PD augmentation. In fact, I would go a step further and say the responses to Wildwood by the very same Sumter sheriff are near zero!

They mostly support responses to the other 87% of the county. It wouldn’t be unfair at all to ask those unincorporated to pay their fair share for the manpower required for law enforcement….or perhaps reduce the county taxes of Wildwood residents.

I think the 100,000 plus unincorporated have the same access to the Sheriff that those in the Wildwood area have, no more and no less. Reiterating from my last post, those in the Wildwood area have PD augmentation paid for by their Wildwood taxes.

And I would reply that I very much doubt you are correct but I would be glad to look at any actual data supporting your assertion.

If you feel strongly that you are being underserved by the Sheriff then you should talk to the Sheriff or the Sumter County Commissioners. If you feel the Wildwood police are unnecessary then you could talk to the Wildwood police or to the Wildwood supervisors.

I'd keep reading the story, it's pretty interesting. And relevant, even today.

Excellent question!
Perfect? If I'm not perfect, don't blame me. I was made this way!

Very interesting, IMHO. As to relevant, about as relevant as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein., but with lots of intergenerational twists and turns and rule changes.