Ah. Politics. We try to stay out of it. Money is politics, and everybody has an opinion, right?
But facts are facts, and it's good to keep a close eye on the facts.
Mayor Sheng Thao greeted an historic budget deficit when she took office in January of this year. To balance the budget, cuts were unavoidable. Nobody likes cuts, especially when they personally know the value of the programs. There were cuts to the Oakland Fire Department. Those cuts found their way to Oakland's Firesafe Council.
Doug Mosher is the Preparedness Program Manager for Oakland Firesafe Council. For the two previous years, grants from the Oakland Fire Department helped support the fire safety outreach of Oakland Firesafe Council. Now Doug and his team are hoping to offset the loss through private donations. If you have a bit of room in your family budget for fire safety outreach, please consider donating.
