I just had the ambulance fee thing explained.. (the League of Women Voters support it)
It is the volunteer firefighters who are against it, as they have their own 'fund drives' which are for much more than supporting firefighting. It also funds their own banquets and such...and the recently bought a $150,000 hook&ladder truck for the Kensington station which, I was told, will never be used except in parades...because the fire dispatchers will not dispatch it. there are already enough of those trucks in local firehouses.
The volunteers got some kind of grant to buy it, against advice, but bought it anyway because they could.

The Question A thing is to allow recovery of ambulance fees from those able to afford it thru their insurance companies to help the general county revenue problems.
   The League of Women Voters says that you will NOT receive a bill after riding in an ambulance.

I tend to trust them rather than a sub-group of (volunteer) firefighters looking after their own interests.