Officials look for funds to fill ambulance fee gap | Washington Examiner

Officials look for funds to fill ambulance fee gap | Washington Examiner

County Executive Ike Leggett, while campaigning for the fee, said 87 firefighters would be handed pink slips, nearly a dozen police officers removed from schools and senior services slashed if voters blocked his proposal.

But the dire warnings didn't deter about 54 percent of county voters.

And County Council members, who must fill the gap immediately, are unsure about where -- or how difficult it will be -- to find the money.

"I think that this whole fret is just hyperbole," said Councilwoman Valerie Ervin, D-Silver Spring. "I don't believe we have to do any of these draconian cuts that the executive claimed we would."

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