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405- Freedom House Ambulance Service: American Sirens

99% Invisible

Freedom House and the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pete Flaherty

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Pete Flaherty was a fiscally conservative Democrat. He slashed Freedom House's operating budget in half. This didn't leave enough money to cover even routine maintenance on the ambulances. Flirty repeatedly wrote frustrated missives to Freedom House's board complaining about breaks and steering that locked up, doors that fell from the hinges,. Once according to Caroline, an engine caught fire while transporting a patient.

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