That makes two of us...being fed-up, that is.

Maybe the DeBary residents reading this should look-up archived Beacon articles about the Deltona Fire Department.

They will find a very interesting one, when the Deltona Fire Department was looking at CHARGING Deltona citizens for fire services IN ADDITION to our property taxes!!! The same fire department that just broke ground on the largest fire station in West Volusia just two weeks ago.

Everyday there is news of lost jobs, failing companies, foreclosures, etc., etc, (Deltona has the highest foreclosure rate in the county) How is it that all the other city/county governments (metro to rural) are scaling back and cutting their budgets, and looking for ways to save money...

But, Deltona can move forward with building a $2.7 million fire department building plus equipment and staffing for it to serve areas that are "underserved"?! While at the same time they are bidding to provide services to a whole other city (as if Deltona was not big enough and there was not enough territory to cover)!

Why? To serve their own interests. No doubt, the union and the Fire Department administration have lobbied hard for this. Motivated by greed and aspirations of growing their department at the taxpayers expense.

Beware, Debary...is all I can say.