We are the only ones being dispatched in Springfield Township. What will happen in the future I can't say. But right now there is no rotation. We're handling all the calls.

By law, it's illegal for someone else to respond to a call if they're not dispatched there. Since we're the only ones who are being dispatched, there shouldn't be any problems.

They're the ones that started the stainless steel industry in Springfield so you like to see them do well.

They don't happen a lot. For some guys, they never happen. You cherish the ones you had before, and you look forward to some more.

Indeed, Chicago seems to have literally sucked the air out of Springfield: another case of American becoming a network of massive city-states more intimately interconnected with other continents than with their own hinterlands. It is in the merging with the rest of the world and global civilization that the forces of division come to the fore at home. Springfield: another small city that should inspire but doesn't.

It's up to each individual township. If a township wants several different water suppliers, so be it. We thought it would be a lot cleaner this way. This is done in many townships throughout the state.