Myopic Zeal :: Karagianis Makes a Point :: August

August 19, 2005

Karagianis Makes a Point

Posted by Eric at 4:06 pm. Filed under: General

The Northbrook Village Board wants to mandate sprinkler systems in all new single family homes.

Northbrook Village Board proponents maintain that compared to the value of the lives the devices might save, their cost is insignificant.

Karagianis challenged them, saying, “If you feel that’s true, why don’t you back a requirement for retrofitting” houses with sprinklers?

Heller protested that retrofitting a house could run more than twice as much.

“So cost is an issue, then,” Karagianis replied. “When you start considering your own budget, suddenly it strikes home to you.”

Fark’s take:

So when residents burn toast, instead of that annoying beeping, they can simply haul the soaked contents of their house to the curb and buy all new stuff

Hah!

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