tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post5989653137494476137..comments2024-02-12T08:00:26.602-05:00Comments on Circumlocution for Dummies: Only in Wilkes-Barrezorconghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08653215875149647209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-4014697595477198802012-01-10T21:44:31.529-05:002012-01-10T21:44:31.529-05:00Used up?
I actually witnessed, what was it, Engi...Used up? <br /><br />I actually witnessed, what was it, Engine 3 (?) at NE station needing a push to get rolling to a fire call.<br /><br />And now the dummies want to bark at us about public safety? <br /><br />While biking one Sunday, Gage and I hastily retreated to NE station during a dangerous thunderstorm only to watch firefighters cover their gear as the roof gave it up to the pounding rain. <br /><br />There was a distinct reason why the Wilkes-Barre firefighters called NE Station "The Rain Forest." Witnessed it firsthand, I did. <br /><br />A ladder truck out for repairs so often, Kingston's ladder truck was our first line of defense against a major structure fire?<br /><br />Engines rotting out because of roof leaks? Rescue 7 being old enuf to qualify for a dignified retirement?<br /><br />A vindictive mayor who once placed pallets of junk in the South Station firefighter's path so as to torture them for talking to the press and a muckraking blogger? <br /><br />Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, the depleted, denuded and defanged WBFD was facing a full-on crisis mode when Tom Leighton first took office. <br /><br />But now, now they hate him because he won't hire more quote/unqoute over-compensated union brothers and give them whatever they demand by way of an arbitrator's warm gun. <br /><br />Spare me.zorconghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653215875149647209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-17569817025651264912012-01-10T19:44:26.586-05:002012-01-10T19:44:26.586-05:00And by the way thank you to whoever it was that ma...And by the way thank you to whoever it was that made this donation. The apparatus it replaced was really used up.Larry Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247482943524210050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-24911997963054180302012-01-10T19:42:58.533-05:002012-01-10T19:42:58.533-05:00Hey dude, gotta tell ya this crap is really gettin...Hey dude, gotta tell ya this crap is really getting old. Why would you criticize the Mayor for accepting a million dollar donation for new Fire Apparatus and buying three new fire engines? Considering these were ordered almost 8 years ago, I can't imagine the paperwork is still around from the purchase. I actually thought the election was over. Let the man concentrate on the work of the City not looking up old paperwork. I believe the law says you only need to save these types of papers 7 years. No?Larry Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247482943524210050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-16611268423466285622012-01-10T15:54:09.258-05:002012-01-10T15:54:09.258-05:00Kuddos for seeing through the nonsense Mark. This ...Kuddos for seeing through the nonsense Mark. This is only going to scare off anyone else for making such a kind jesture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com