Wasn’t this how things were done in 19th century america? You had a metal badge attached to your house/building, that indicated that you had paid your fire tax. If you didn’t display such a medallion, the local fire company would just wait for your house to be reduced to ashes…after which they would loot the remains. As i recall, fireinsurance companies funded many fire compnies as well.
…as I pointed out in the Great Debate, there is absolutely no evidence to support your assertion. Rueda claims he doesn’t know, Fire Chief Myers doesn’t claim that he did. Myers also states that the department would make a greater effort to explain the policy to Hispanics in the region: virtually conceeding there are people in his district that don’t know about the policy.