If you don’t stop something Before it starts, it can become a condition and situation that gets out of hand and becomes a detriment. Case-n-Point, a brewing can of worms that if allowed to be uncorked will put many independent toewing professionals out of business, increase costs for those that remain, and create a even severely cut throat business environment for the rest of us. Likewise, what works in city areas , does not work in rural areas, where the pickins are slim at best, and distances are greater that increases response times. Here’s the condition;. Twin Falls County Sheriffs office is bringing together a county wide none preference tow contract. In understandable terms , it means that unless someone specifically requests a certain toewing service, then one or two toewing service will automatically get called.
So why should I or the Knytes, care? Simple, this kind of thing could put us at Dixie Toewing out to pasture. More over from the Knytes point of view, this kind of thing, is part of that broken system that we as members of the Knytes fight. That needs fixing. Anytime you have a government agency , who proposes regulations to satisfy a in bed relationship with one or two contractors, it hints at favoritism, More over this kind of thing can fester into other counties and communities. This kind o regulation , kicks right in the teeth any kind of free enterprise, or free trade.
So where did this all start?
Years ago, and we are talking 35 years ago, a new toewing service opened up in Twin Falls City. The owner quickly got in bed with the Police Chief’s daughter, and soon on the books came a city none pref contract. While a few of us held on, and continued to toew in the County, it also put a few others out of business and forced a few into early retirement. Finally the contract was fought, one of the leaders was the Knytes by the highway, but it took 20 some odd years b4 said contract was abolished. But the damage was done.
The requirements to get this contract, are strict and severe as they are not on equal grounds. A smart sheriff, would not impose requirements that are smart for the city, of say Twin Falls, but not for say Buhl.
Twin Falls City sports a population base of just under 60,000. While Buhl has 2,000 people. Meaning Twin Falls City toewers can generate 40 calls or thereabouts in a day. Where in say more remote, rural Buhl, you might see that in a month. And that’s stretching it . At that rate, say for an independent toewing operator in Buhl, its hard if at all possible, to justify, 5 or 6 trucks of various classes , say ; two light duty, two medium duty and two heavy duty toew trucks, that will sit, much of the time, yet, still need to be insured, licensed, and maintained. Twin Falls City, sure, you have a Interstate, that in reality is in Jerome County, but relies on Twin Falls City toewing services, you have the rural neighbor within 10 miles or less, Kimberly, plus the city population base of Twin Falls. You then can justify the higher costs of doing business, because you can make the extra money. But not in the west end of the County that only has one maybe two if you count us here at Dixie Toewing, to run County law enforcement rotation calls.
When the first mess started, most did not really fight it, yet bitched when the contract took hold and over time was just accepted.
B4 this starts in the County, of Twin Falls a County contract needs to be thwarted.
This, is the kind of thing that defines what we talk about, when we in the Knytes-of-Anarchy say we fight the system.
What are the options?
That in the next edition.
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