Fire stations were overbuilt. They bought too many engines because there were those revenues coming in from the oil and gas industries until democrats forced them out of our state. And now We have fire departments who are selling their engines because they could no longer afford them. We kicked out the good paying jobs that was providing them and our communities with that first responder service. (43:07–43:13)
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Asserts that fire departments are selling engines due to financial constraints.
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