Also on the Budget: Robot Firemen!

More of your tax dollars at work: Farmingville's fire commissioners recently passed a budget that allocates $260,000 for the renovation of its stations' recreation rooms and $55,000 to buy a race car.

A deeper look at the budget also reveals an earmark for this:

Uh...that's a Farmingville FD patch on the space shuttle. Which isn't really a space shuttle, but a balloon shaped liked the space shuttle. But you know what we mean.