The city council voted unanimously to allow the police department to provide escorts for funeral processions within the police jurisdiction.
Chief Petties says there are about 5 funerals every week.
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Anonymous said…
I hope that everyone that has publicly or privately disagreed with this decision will put in their will for their loved ones to refuse the "free" escort and instead hire their own constables to lead the procession to the cemetery.
My guess is it will be like the anti-Walmart people who protested the store opening in Fairhope. These people had no problem shopping at the Walmart in Daphne and later at the Walmart that opened in Fairhope.
What a bunch of hypocrites!!!!
Anonymous said…
The welfare state keeps growing. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
Anonymous said…
don't kid yourself, these "free" escorts were hidden in the funeral costs and paid to Kant to put into the "personal" police fund; the fund Bill Press exposed and Kant filed ethics charges against him...remember??? Now, the amount to pay will still be hidden, funds given to police fund, but the image is it's free again. There are never any free lunches or funeral escorts....
Anonymous said…
And the taxpayers end up paying overtime for five funerals a week! In his job interview the overtime budget is what Chief Pettis said he would cut if faced with an overall budget cut of 10%. Where is he going to cut now?
Anonymous said…
Cut? It's government. One reason to have state legislature pass Bill to annex Wal-Mart. No amount will be enough & now that Kant has free reign,no one will ever know the financial truth, let alone truth about anything else.
Anonymous said…
Pay back time. Kant and his City Council are a joke.
Anonymous said…
If we ask the funeral home to pay for police, shouldn't we ask the chamber and art folks to pay for it as well for arts and crafts? And pay the employees needed to clean up? Oh wait, that would cut into their profits they make so they can throw themselves a big party. Nevermind...
Anonymous said…
The funeral home is a private business,,,,,,,duh. The King, his court and the previous Mayor still rule....long live the King...
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My guess is it will be like the anti-Walmart people who protested the store opening in Fairhope. These people had no problem shopping at the Walmart in Daphne and later at the Walmart that opened in Fairhope.
What a bunch of hypocrites!!!!