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      <![CDATA[Fair enough Chris, and you are right about sprawl compared to the compact area of SF, but the fact remains that it is overpaid, overstaffed, and under performs. Look at the ISO rating.
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:40:07 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Mad Merc: Everything's fair game, but I'm not sure the cityto department size comparison is completely fair. San Francisco is a bigger city in a much tinier package.
        
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      <![CDATA[Bravo 38103!<br>
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As for another budget dinosaur...the Fire Dept. I know everyone out there has been brainwashed by the IAFF that the fire service is over worked and under paid, but the reality is quite the opposite. Memphis is roughly the 18th largest city in the US, but it maintains roughly the 10th largest fire dept. Roughly the same size as San Francisco's.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BruceVanWyngarden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Your comments are "on the money," Zip.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[38103]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Do you think Memphis even has data to make reality based decisions? Memphis (and some lesser companies) budget by the "well, uh, we spent this last year.
        
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      <![CDATA[Only give raises to those who make under $50k.<br>
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