Residents, homeowners and taxpayers of Fire District 21/Arlington rural, are you aware of what your commissioners have done?

1. Ended the contract with the city of Arlington for providing emergency medical services and purchased a new ambulance, even though District 21 has no legal license to transport medical emergency patients!

2. Ended the contract with Arlington for fire protection and emergency services in the area of District 21 south of Arlington and the Stillaguamish River.

3. Sent four firefighters for training on hovercraft use and maintenance, when one could have gone and trained the others at a fourth of the cost!

Leadership, management, judgement and fiscal responsibility skills by District 21/Arlington rural commissioners and officers are inadequate!

The city of Arlington and Fire District 21/Arlington rural have worked together successfully for decades and provided very good EMS, transport and fire protection services for all of District 21/Arlington rural until December of 2013. This is when District 21/Arlington rural commissioners decided to change direction toward higher cost and less protections and service!

Until December 2013, District 21 operated very well within its income with no tax increases.

If Fire District 21 merges with Getchell 22 and Silvana 19, (which is in planning now), then District 21/Arlington rural taxes will double!

Marion Taylor, Don Tillman,

Lon Langdon, Ken Johnson,

Rick Isler, Terry Johnson,

Ed Taft and Norm Nunnally

Arlington