Of COURSE Tampa would CREMATE

Thereby joining forces with the OTHER FOUR WORST PLACES in Florida to live. Please read on as I salted comments throughout. I think that's endearing, don't you? I'm back to that again. Talking back to the newspaper. Figuring one of us has to get it straight .... might as well be me in my unforgivable way................

County Leans To Cremation For Indigent

By ELLEN GEDALIUS The Tampa Tribune

Published: Oct 2, 2007

TAMPA - Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them.

Sometimes next of kin can't be found. Other times, those relatives can't afford a burial.

Hillsborough County has a program to help them, offering a choice of burial or cremation at taxpayers' expense.

In light of budget cuts, though, the county plans to take away that choice by offering cremation only.

"When you look at the budget, we have to try to make some decisions in the public's interest," said Dick Bailey, manager of operations for the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office.

(I'm sorry Dick --- I'm JUST NOT getting how THIS is in the public's BEST interest -- you notice he left out that word 'best' ... ahhh word games.)

The county commission is scheduled to vote on the proposal at its meeting Wednesday.

Last year, the county paid for 361 cremations and 75 burials, at a cost of about $280 for each cremation and $1,400 for each burial.

More recently, the county has paid $342 a cremation and $1,533 a burial.

Eliminating the burials is expected to save the county about $100,000 a year. (Eliminating the car allowance for the county commissioners would save us FIFTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED PER YEAR) Eliminating the Commissioners ..... well, that would be even better.

The county has been paying for the casket, a funeral director's fee, embalming, and opening and closing the grave site. Hillsborough does not pay for grave markers. Medical Examiner Vernard Adams said relatives of the deceased tend to erect monuments years later. (guess they won't have THAT opportunity anymore)

Hillsborough buries bodies at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Tampa.

Ron Mees, director of Florida Mortuary Services, said a shift to cremations will make little difference to his company, which has a county contract to do cremations and is one of four funeral homes to have an arrangement with the county for burials.

"You're not going to get rich from the county," Mees said. "It's more of a service."

The crematory retains the ashes for 120 days. After that, they are scattered in the Gulf of Mexico unless the family wants them. (Geez, thaNKS!!)

Hillsborough's proposed policy outlines some exceptions. For example, a representative of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs can confirm that the person was a veteran and qualifies for reimbursement of some burial expenses.

Also, if the next of kin prefer burial over cremation for religious or other reasons, they will be referred to agencies that can help pay for burial expenses. Judaism generally opposes cremation.

Hillsborough isn't alone in moving toward a cremation-only policy. About six years ago, Pinellas County started doing cremations only because the county was running out of grave space. The county pays $450 a cremation, plus $45 to scatter the remains.

According to Hillsborough County's research, Broward, Miami-Dade, Hernando and Pasco have cremation-only policies.

(TRA LA LA OF COURSE WE WANT TO HOP ON.... WE NEEDS OUR CAR ALLOWANCES)

DISGUSTING !!!!!

I SMELL a cremation crime ...... looming on us.

Hillsborough County just loves TO follow along.

Pinellas (Park) paves the way .....


WAIT!! Have the Hillsborough County Fire Brigade invested in CREMATORIUMS like they're taking people out to dinner at Firehouse Subs?? Nice to have EVERYTHING, isn't it Brigade Boys??
Wait --- listen close --- you DO NOT have everything.

And, the way you're going --you're all going to have a LOT less pretty damn soon.


Jeebus, can't they find another fire brigade boy with a shred of decency other than Sean van Atter?? He's been used for over three months or longer. Few and far between those heroic acts by the Tampa Fire Brigade ... I'm pretty sure Sean performed his back in 2005 !!! But I could be wrong. Go have a look. Never mind -- it was FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

Few and far between. Maybe Sean can perform another heroic deed because somehow -- I don't see the stalkers doing anything heroic. BUT -- don't be surprised if pretty soon you see some planted articles about some wonderful things they are doing or a charity they are helping. LOL !!!! I wish I had a big FAT EYES ROLLING ICON !!

Just the other day ... oh yeah ... big surprise -- Mickey D's. I saw one of their cups from someone's drink ... NOPE. I did NOT spend my money there and you shouldn't either. They are having some stupid hero cup and were so desperate to have their stuff supported they got a VOLUNTEER firefighter to laud it's praises. Some giving campaign.
Four McDonald's CEO's bit the dust right in a row. Just don't eat there. Wendy's dude Dave --- gone. I wouldn't eat THERE, either. Or Domino's. While I'm at it.

Also --- WHY do you think it is that the fire brigage boys (hitler youth) are attempting to burnish their images so?? This is like the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office declaring itself ALL CLEAN when they got Barry Cohen to drop the Aisenberg case ... or the 13th Judicial claiming everything's snowy white when even small children smell the foul rats.

Today while I had lunch --- three seminole firetrucks went by racing, lights blazing, sirens blasting. Funny thing IS they were headed TO a fire station. LOL !!! Way to represent, Seminole. I suppose they were 'rushing' to help out on some big meth lab explosion but it's singularly amazing how much of this stuff happens around my comings and goings ... as the videotape reveals quite readily.

I don't care about pinellas, seminole, etc..... my focus is on something they are obviously unable to cue to.

It's been so long .... can someone GET A CLUE?????

And, you selfish PIGS --- bury people for God's sake if they want their family buried.

YOU DISGUST ME. Since WHEN does it cost six hundred dollars a MONTH to drive a car????




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