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Topic Title: South Florida Lifeguard fired Topic Summary: Created On: 07/04/2012 08:16 PM Status: Post and Reply |
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07/06/2012 11:29 AM
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Now, a discussion with a rabbi at the Washington Post. |
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07/07/2012 09:53 PM
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I never read this thread but I am glad I did!
This guy used to run his outfit in pools and water parks only and promised a regulated way to make the guarding methods more specific to water parks and also more affordable. Basically, he just made everything easier than the Red Cross...as in anyone could pass...thus more money in his pockets by passing everyone. The water parks finally got sick of his methods and gave him the boot and went back to Red Cross. So now I see that he has expanded his horizons. Lame.
------------------------- My parents went to Cocoa Beach and all I got was this lousy surfboard! |
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07/08/2012 07:52 AM
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Okay, this is probably going to generate a lot of controversy, but, I'll make the point anyway. First off, the lifeguard did exactly the right thing, one I hope we would all do. But, this situation is very similar to one I dealt with in talking to my father in law years ago. He lived outside Melbourne Beach's town limits and his area (unincorporated) had voted against joining MB (and paying the small increase in taxes) several times over the years. In discussing fire response, I said that MB should not respond to fires in his neighborhood and that the houses should be allowed to burn down, that we had asked them to join us and share in the bills and they said, "No, thanks." BUT, they apparently expected us to respond to their fires for free. Similar situation in Hallandale. The town stepped up and is paying for increased protection ON THEIR beaches. Right down the beach, somebody has decided they don't want to pay for that protection. Should Hallandale be expected to provide them free lifeguard protection?
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07/08/2012 07:56 AM
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Good point, but houses aren't people.
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07/08/2012 08:29 AM
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Should Hallandale be expected to provide them free lifeguard protection? I think the area where the rescue happened was still in Hallandale city limits, just at an unguarded area in front of some condos 1500' down from the "officially" guarded park area. |
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07/12/2012 04:58 AM
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07/15/2012 03:54 PM
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Steven Pearlstein, a Washington Post business columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work on the financial crisis of 2008 has a column using this case as an example of the problems (and opportunities) of outsourcing jobs to specialized contractors. It's worth reading. |
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07/17/2012 09:56 AM
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Just to finish things off, here's comments on the Hallandale situation from a columnist for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Volusia County's Beach Patrol is an expensive operation. By the way, he mentions that the Sun-Sentinel (same owner as the Orlando Sentinel and LA Times) broke the Hallandale story). Here's a quote: "This is a big beach. On the Fourth of July, with lazy waves and clear skies, Volusia lifeguards still had to pull 36 people from the water. And none of those lifeguards had to hesitate a second to wonder if the struggling swimmers were in the right zone, on the right side of the city limits, or if saving them was allowable under contract rules. Something to think about next time you hear someone talk about the easy windfall we'd gain by breaking up the Beach Patrol and management of the beach."
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