Before/after pics Colorado wildfires

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I don't know about residential areas, but down here in Charleston County, the county charges extra tax and water use in commercial buildings if you have a sprinkler system, not that you used it, but just that you have one, and since the Sofa Super Store fire, they are requiring more commercial building to have them. You would think by having a fire safety system, you would be rewarded, not penalized

Just goes to show you...let a politician smell money and they will piss all over themselves trying to get it.

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Just goes to show you...let a politician smell money and they will piss all over themselves trying to get it.

Oh, so you've met Joe Riley?

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I don't know about residential areas, but down here in Charleston County, the county charges extra tax and water use in commercial buildings if you have a sprinkler system, not that you used it, but just that you have one, and since the Sofa Super Store fire, they are requiring more commercial building to have them. You would think by having a fire safety system, you would be rewarded, not penalized

I found out that here in NJ they have the same kind of tax. Never knew it till I was talking about it today with a local shop keeper. He told me they pay $350 a MONTH!!! It seems that in New Jersey after they require you to put in the system, they tax you on it, so much per sprinkler head. Their reasoning is that you are saving money on your insurance, plus you pay for the demand your system makes on the town water system should you ever have a fire. However, if you have a fire and the water is not there to save your building, you have no recourse against the town. Cute huh? Greedy bastards.