http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2012/01/04/dry-winter-has-cal-fire-on-alert/ Ramona's Community Paper Since 1886 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2012/01/04/dry-winter-has-cal-fire-on-alert/#comment-153427 Concerned Resident Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:47:06 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=9355#comment-153427 I guess the question we should ask is WHY is the Ramona Water District issuing burn permits like we live in a jungle instead of a tinder box? Could it be the fees they're collecting. I was harassed by abatement when I first moved here - I kept telling the private company that the Water District is supposed to oversee. I finally got the Fire Marshall over to my property (after I was told by the guy in charge at the private company that he was in charge and that the rules would be as arbitrary as he wanted them to be), and he agreed that we were in compliance - but it took that and a threat of a lawsuit letter for them to even come out and check it out. So, why is a private company overseeing abatement and the cases are never seen by anyone from the Water District - they completely hand over the process to a company (that bills the resident for as much work as they consider necessary) that should be considered a conflict of interest in the process. Write THAT story and you'll get some awards. I guess the question we should ask is WHY is the Ramona Water District issuing burn permits like we live in a jungle instead of a tinder box? Could it be the fees they’re collecting. I was harassed by abatement when I first moved here – I kept telling the private company that the Water District is supposed to oversee. I finally got the Fire Marshall over to my property (after I was told by the guy in charge at the private company that he was in charge and that the rules would be as arbitrary as he wanted them to be), and he agreed that we were in compliance – but it took that and a threat of a lawsuit letter for them to even come out and check it out. So, why is a private company overseeing abatement and the cases are never seen by anyone from the Water District – they completely hand over the process to a company (that bills the resident for as much work as they consider necessary) that should be considered a conflict of interest in the process. Write THAT story and you’ll get some awards.

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