‘Demand An Answer’: Amid Mass Firefighter Resignation, Stanley Town Officials Say Little
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- Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2023
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Guarantee that the new Chief is politically connected.
You are correct!! Most likely if it's looked into more.....my bet would be it's a relative to an elected official.
Or the number of boxes checked.
And politically corrected.
probably a POC....
And that is one of the major problems in the US …. Everything at every level is corrupt…. How can it not be… any public service positions requiring political support/lobbying ( lobbying being a polished word for bribery)
I'm a volunteer fire chief in alabama and i can tell you from experience that these guys quit because of corruption, plain and simple. the town next to my department did the same thing and 3/4 of the dedicated people i have had the pleasure working with walked out their door and joined my department. the people of Stanley need to demand a full and detailed explanation, with enough public pressure the administration will be replaced quick fast and in a hurry! “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Everything we do in jobs everyday everywhere is a corruption… you’re a clown …all jobs have corruption ALL!!! Jobs not just you firefighters ….
Yep.
Okay I gotta ask; why would anyone be crazy enough to get into something so (potentially) dangerous...for free???
@@JohnSmith-zw8vpbravery
@@JohnSmith-zw8vp He probably has a sense of community. He also probably has his affairs in order, so he can reason from a place of abundance. Your reasoning is that of someone in poverty. "I have nothing, so I must protect everything" his mentality: "I have my shit in order, let's see who I can help now" Do you understand the difference?
Anytime politicians hold meeting late at night, you KNOW they're up to no good
They’re never up to any good though.🤷🏼♀️
I was in a Bellflower CA City Meeting starting at 5pm! UNTILL 4:30 AM the NEXT DAY! I was FIGHTING a Zoning Change to turn a small machine shop Mooneyham Blowers the size of a two car garage, into a Pot Store AT THE end of a Residential DEAD END STREET only four HOMES! one was MY MOM"S, the house I grew UP in after 1972 and our Family Lost a "SECOND Home" to Immanent Domain for the 5 and 105 Freeways! out of over 40 cases fought "I WAS" the Only ONE WHO WON! they still sell POT but now it is "ILLEGALY" but the L.E. is just as bad so no BFD!
I grew up splashing in the former mayor of Bellflower's pool with his son. Joe Cvetko the DAD was alive a few yrs ago, I talked with him. JOE is a MARINE who fought and SURVIVED the PACIFIC in WWII and a retired Bellflower MAIL MAN! and Former COLE MINER! I was watching his "Color TV" when Nixon Walked down the Ramp of a 747 to meet Moe Tse Tung! on Clark Ave a few hundred yards from where the Apollo's and Shuttle got Built!
Look up the bohemian grove.
This is why real Journalism is important. This sort of thing happens in small town councils nationwide, and they know they can do it, because there's no reporters in town to ask the questions.
Straight up. The dinosaur media is a joke at this point.
Political leaders are too busy pandering bs
But small towns vote Republican and republicans are gods gift to earth apparently.
It's college indoctrinated liberal maxists doing this stuff.
You think there aren't republicans who don't care about republican values?
There are fewer and fewer small town papers because they can’t compete with the internet. I worked for a small town paper till 2005. There were eight reporters in the newsroom. We were each expected to have two stories a day. The paper published six days a week. We covered seven counties in rural Kentucky. Now there are two reporters who are lucky get two stories a day and it publishes three days a week. I don’t expect it to be around much longer.
How do you hire a chief with no job posting? Sounds like everyone involved and swore them in needs to be fired
Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. Yeah, this was 100% pre-planned. The question is who is this new chief? And how many of the board is related to, friends with, or sleeping with? You are right, it is time to pull everyone involved in midnight backroom politics, Nationwide.
@@bigbossimmotalyah, the government is good at that as well. So sick of this crap.
Its called a "good ole boys" club. I am a firefighter. I have seen it plenty. Or, the job posting is just a formality, but they know who they want.
backroom politics usually gets the business of running the government done while retarded voters who, easily manipulated by other politicians, recite reductionist propaganda like how we need to "pull" people and couldnt hope to process the information required to make a decision that serves their long-term well being squabble. this is one of those times its not working
Sounds so so so much like someone's brother-in-law needed a job.
I’m a volunteer FF in NY and this situation wreaks of corruption. Those responsible should be punished to the full extent of the law.
Wtf is wreaks?
@@AnnaSusannaFinkelstein-bd7ul looks like 2 different words
He-obviously-doesn't-have-the-correct-party-affiliation-or-skin-pigment...They-probably-found-out-he-was-planning-on-voting-for-Trump-and-that-was-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin.
LOL! Volunteer firefighters are useless.
no he used it right it's also slang in some areas. Even though the spelling can be off in some cases it's used as this. This wreaks (smells like) something fishy going on like that in a rotten fish. Basically this smells of corruption something stinks here
You know something really stinks when your entire volunteer fire department resigns
Ive seen this myself. I watched a community of volunteers build a well trained fire department from the ground up. Locals donated land, build the firehouses with their own money. They paid for their own training at fire academies. They took old worn out donated equipment and rebuild it with their own time and money. They worked up to getting the counties first state fire certification which permitted the first fire insurance to be issued in the county. All without one dime of help from the county commissioner. Once things were up and running the county jumped in, removed the leaders chosen to head each fire station and appoint their unqualified, dangerous idiot families and friends to run each station. Imagine a county commissioners son showing up as chief of the station and he couldn't put out a fire in a garbage can with a water hose telling you what to do at a house fire. It got so bad all five stations just drove all the fire trucks and tankers to the court house, locked the keys in the trucks and walked off. It took years, a county leveled special assessment tax on each home in the country, the loss of the counties fire certification and much loss of property before they got together something that remotely resembled a fire department. The county conducted themselves no different than a bunch of authoritarian thieves. Corruption at its finest.
Never take money or favors from the government.
@@Jenda-ld8dj true that. It was a tax relief on the property donated by local farmers to build the stations. That's what the CRIMINALS used to weasel their way into the fire department and take credit for what was built as he took it over. Typical government conduct across the nation. But that's okay shortly after that their little do boys decided to show up at a house fire and go to blasting water without disconnecting the power meter to the house. Looked like a bunch of fish flopping on the ground. Lol That was 30 years ago, it's still a political crap show to this day. Let them eat cake.
People of Stanley NEED TO SUPPORT those who are no longer employed and DEMAND answers from the council and demand them to resign.
😂😂😂, nope those leeches need to find a job in the private sector. And not sucking $s out of us.
@@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 volunteer firefighters are leeches? Are you high?😂🤣
@@rockstarofredondo Yeah, sounds like a boomer lol.
@@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073in its confusion, it made an ass of itself
Those " men" are cowards. They should never be firefighters
This is happening all over the whole country. City and county politicians think they know more or better than professionals. The firefighters end up leaving because of the Insanity these politicians create for the firefighters. It's been my experience over the years that when the politicians ask the firefighters what would work or what they need, the politicians usually do the exact opposite. People need to be more involved in their local governments.
True with our public schools too!!
Friends and family benefits. Tax payers money funneled to incompetent well connected individuals. My city has a new city attorney, she makes more than the mayor, got the job because she's good friends with three of the councilmen, never done this kind of work before and is getting the city in legal heat.
Probably diversity chief got hired.
grinning gargoyles in suits
Get involved and they call you domestic terrorists and get the FBI to hassle you while criminals roam free.
If only people are sticking together,helping each other, these corrupted politicians won’t be doing stupid stuff like this. My hats off to all those firefighters who are uniting and supporting each other.
As a first responder (fire fighter/EMT), it's critical to have leaders who support and keep morale up. There are times when what we deal with is rough and there are very few people I can share what happens with. With my friends, I'll occasionally talk about something, but I NEVER discuss fatalities with my friends or family. 3 days ago I witnessed a guy blow his head off and I haven't slept more than a few minutes since. Last night, Christmas, I responded to an OD death, so I can't say anything to my family or friends because I know I'd be accused of ruining Christmas by being a "downer". I can't talk about the wreck I was in while on duty and almost died, because my family thinks I should quit. But you know who I CAN talk to? I can talk to my department Captains who will take the time to call and make sure that I'm ok. I can talk to my Lieutenants who support and make sure that I'm ok. It appears to me that by firing two valuable resources, the town council made a huge mistake. Fire departments are NOT like corporate America where it's easy to replace people. Our lives (and our sanity) depend on each other and it takes time to build trust and confidence in leadership. With almost the entire department resigning, it's obvious that the chief and assistant chief were well-liked and respected and I hope the town council of Odessa realizes what a huge mistake they made and will reconsider their decision. I hope they realize and understand that lives and property in their community are important and at stake.
It is indeed a rough job and my heart goes out to you for experiencing those things but also not having as many outlets as you might need to get it off your chest. My dad did it, volly, from 16 to the day he died, serving as Chief multiple times, including right before his passing. LODD, not be able to save kids, some of the stories were horrific and unless you’ve seen it, it’s difficult to understand what it does to the way you see the world. He had a dark sense of humor, no fear of death, and a big heart. He was also adamant about closed doors while sleeping, windows that we could get out of, CPR and first aid, and emergency drills. It absolutely is a community unto itself. When my brother, also a dedicated member, passed unexpectedly at home, everyone showed up, but maintained a distance, because they knew it was one of two people when they heard the address, and they wanted to be there for us whichever the case. The wakes for both outstripped our times by hours but we couldn’t turn people away. It can be a thankless job in the day to day but I was reminded then, how much of an impact one person can truly make in service and I thank you for yours.
@@TheBaumcm Thank you for your reply. I appreciate it.
thank you for taking the time to write your comment. i knew you giys faced a lot of unspeakable human challenges, but i've had the luxury of being oblivious to the importance of the emotional support heroes like this need
A a city clerk, I work closely with our firefighter/EMT/paramedics, and I have never met a more dedicated and well-trained bunch of people. At about 9k pop., my rural Kentucky town is fortunate to have always had a full time department, and it is highly valued. Our ambulance service serves the entire county and assists in surrounding counties. It is revenue from that service that allows us to be full time. We have equipment that VFDs around us can’t afford and assist them when needed, and they assist us at really big fires. I am proud that our city commission appreciates and respects the leadership in our fire and police departments. They are professional and deserve that. It makes me sick how politicians in some towns play fast and loose with public safety.
Very well said and you made excellent points about the need for trust and the time it takes to build it. Know that your hardest days can, and do, make a positive difference in the lives of others, even if it isn’t visible at the moment. Much respect to you.
Our government officials need to be not only held accountable but should be held accountable x10.
I totally agree with what you are saying, I don't know where you are, but I believe that we no longer hold each other accountable either and I don't see it getting any better until we stop the madness. These people have appeared because of the changes to society that we have allowed through complacency or just ignorance over many years and nothing changes overnight for the good. We have a long road ahead of us and it will take each of us that want an America to stand, it may not be possible at this point with all of the blatant idiocy that has taken over our society, but all workers have been stomped on by these changes.
@@AmericanTraitors-GOP Now if they could only do something about indicting Biden we might be off to a fair start.
There are already to many parasites and bugs in the machine.If people bannded together to fix it,It would take to long and do to little.If you were to destroy the machine,To many would be lost and to few would make it and those that did would be to divided or jaded to rebuild...
@@davidgood7621 - Oh goody someone who can tell me exactly what impeachable offence Biden has committed. What is it? Because the GOP certainly don't know.
@AmericanTraitors-GOP you're tds is showing. You're going to be so upset when none of them stick due to Presidential immunity
This certainly stinks of politically motivated corruption at the expense of expense of community’s health and safety. The state needs to step in and investigate this .immediately . If financial or ethical wrong doings are uncovered, criminal penalties need to be administered.
Politically motivated is exactly what it is.
Can someone explain ? They let go 2 part time spots and created one full and then they all quit and I immediately sense something bad is being planned because everyone quit. I don't understand the impact of merging part 2 positions into 1 full
The government needs to investigate themselves?
@@111Moose I ask for details but my comments get hidden
The state needs to step in??? We’re talking about New York, where the citizenry has no say. It’s likely the corruption is not limited to the local council, but has connections all the way up the ladder.
There's no such thing as real investigative reporters anymore.
"We called them, but they wouldn't tell us anything. Darn."
Seriously? 🙄
What else do you suggest? Stalking them?
Investigate. Ever watch a cop show? See how the baddie doesn't always confess and the cops go talk to other people, and figure it out?
Journalists used to do that. A lot of the time it would even be balanced, well researched, factual! @@Toastybees
Despicable behavior on part of politicians.
I know a full time firefighter that was fired so the chiefs new daughter in law would get the job. And she lasted less than a year
Smells like a bullshit story you made up for attention.
Man that would really suck, and I bet that must of really messed up the family feelings for eachother
@@AlwaysWankershim I find this relevant
@@AlwaysWankershimstfu, you don't get to decide what's relevant, arrogant pos
@@AlwaysWankershimSmarmy little attack for no reason, this was a perfect case in point of local corruption in a fire dept.
I can't stand corrupt town officials 😡😡😡 bunch of crooks!
Most are corrupt. Why is anyone surprised by what happened?
At this point we don't need them. Houses are gone within 5-10 minutes anyway if you want to save your house find someone that does in home fire sprinklers
United you stand divided you fall. Kudos to these men!! 💪 ❤ 🔥
Fire fighters were the first to respond to my car wreck. It wasn't a life threatening wreck. If it had been, they would have been there for me.
They treat every call as if it is life or death, and when it is a death situation...they are there!
My Dad, Uncle, all of their cousin's, and both of my grandfathers were volunteer firefighters in NY, and that shady dealing wouldn't go down without a HUGE fight leading up to the vote. It's a very tight-knit community, so for something like this to have happened without anyone on the fire department knowing about it ahead of time wreaks of shady political dealings. First responders rely on each other to come home alive. How can you rely on your top leader when they got their position in such a way. I don't blame these guys for bailing on that department, the new chief probably would have gotten people hurt or killed.
This is not about you, dude.
@mark_in_az where did I say it was? Please reread what I wrote, you might actually understand the context of it then.
The new FDNY commissioner is a young politically appointed female. First thing she did was weaken the chain of command. Never put out a candle.
"leading up to the vote" - I think that's the part you didn't realize, it was added at the last minute. There was no opportunity to even discuss the vote.
Someone's brother's cousin got "elected" as chief.
@Maybe-so, exactly what I was thinking. Someone knows one of the powers that be. I could always be wrong in this particular situation, however, I live in Southeast Kentucky and this type of corruption is extremely common.
As a former volunteer firefighter, I too would be angry if this had happened at my stations.
You're a volunteer it wasn't your station 😂
@AndrewB23 good one 🥱
Hes right lmao@@cometflash4429
Politicians: able to ruin a good thing, in the blink of an eye. I'm starting to despise policy makers, that never do any actual work.
I’m a 25 year volunteer firefighter in Texas. This stinks like hell of political corruption. We have a saying here that “despite the bullshit or bickering, the doors go up and the trucks go out”. Firefighters have to have leaders they trust that will get everyone home safe, no matter what the town government says. You’re not going to follow someone you don’t trust into a burning house. And it’s the citizens that suffer.
Politicians will never understand
This is unacceptable; fire those who made the stupid decision
You can't fire elected people . There is a process to get them removed . You have to have a recall vote . That takes months at a minimum and then an emergency election which takes months to carry out
Can you explain why the decision to drop 2 part times and make 1 full is bad? It stinks but I want more info
@@t.m9341 it was done in the middle of the night by shady politicians with no input from any of the staff.
@@111Moose your comment is being hidden . I can only see it in notification
@@111Moose do you know who made this decision or who they put in the spot?
They did this in a small town in Newburgh Maine.
The town had run out the town’s food pantry because a con man from Texas sweet talked them into agreeing to his scam (before he ditched, with the town’s entire food supply. Shockers) and when they heard the town’s firefighters worked out a plan so the group that ran the food pantry could keep giving food, they pulled a similar move to fire the Fire Chief.
Several firefighters did the same resignation, but it didn’t have any effect (as they too were silenced) and eventually the food pantry just agreed to a devil deal by the fucker who moved into the church (food pantry used to be in a shed on that church’s lot)(he insisted they change their name to that of a chain of food pantries) and never even acknowledged the firefighters who gave up their jobs so they could keep feeding the town.
Pissed me off to no end that they took their sacrifice for granted so I quit. I don’t know how they’re doing now a days but the woman who naively ran it doesn’t talk about it at all anymore, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it shut down. I still have pictures from the last day we ran the food pantry. We weren’t in the way of anything, so it was just petty politics fucking everyone over.
Never go after the firefighters. All they do is save lives.
No they do not. You need to quit watching tv.
Easy! I know a few Corrupt ones! One maybe family! BUT I KNOW MANY! MORE! who would Gladly RUN INTO DANGER than towards a Dollar!
My dad was the Assistant Chief of Santa Clara volunteer fire department. For whatever reason the board hated him. His volunteers were going to resign en masse after he was passed over for the chief slot. He told all the volunteers that he was going to retire as he couldn’t be a chief with a board he would have to fight everyday. The volunteers stayed behind and the new chief was a joke.
town's ruling family influencing council, political favours, developers, hidden agendas, block voting by nationality etc
Firefighter of the year! Terminated and replaced without being offered the job? This is reckless and despicable. Hopefully, No disaster happens.
Karma is near
lots of people probably tell you that your opinion is pretty worthless. And if your opinion is worthless....@@AdirondackHomestead
@@AdirondackHomestead The same can be said for nurses, truckdrivers, sport folks of any kind, Etcetera' Etcetera! Oh the next time you need a firefighters, call you mom!
And if it does hopefully the disaster and horrifying despair everyone feels will motivate them to actually get up off their asses and do something about it
If it did the victims of the fire should sue the deal out of the supervisors personally as well as the twp.!
I feel so bad for those firemen. So much experience among all of them now gone.
Yes... I stand with the Volunteers, being a Chief myself for over 24 years I actually gave up my pay along with my Asst Chief to keep the station open and to Keep the Volunteers on and paid, We haven't been paid in over 5 years due too budget and our own local county not giving too SH*Ts about Volunteer Departments and how much money we save to the taxes payers in our community
Take the example of the folks up in Michigan and recall the whole town council and mayor. They need to be shown that they are not dictators and they can't just do whatever they want without telling the people who voted them into office.
Agree
No-one-knows-and-even-fewer-care-enough-to-do-anything-about-it.
Sadly, that only works in small towns where the
socialists can't manufacture thousands of
zombie voters.
Corruption is everywhere in America now.
Come on Man!!!!!
The Govenor of Michigan is a dictator.
Best of luck, ex-Stanley Firefighters. Bring the truth of this crap to light, please!
Stunning disrespect and disregard for these brave men and women who risk their lives on the daily...unbelieveble...they had no choice but to walk...
Sounds like you need a new city council!
The people must speak up!🤨
More incompetent & possibly corrupt politicians. Vote them out and replace them with smart & deserving leaders.
FYI: Smart, competent people don't want to work in government.
@@kentonkirkpatrick5225
YES your so right 👍 worked as a ( Road Farmer) the Director of Public works called us ( Field hands) saw supervisor come in that had FAILED at their private business. One they hired had used all his retirement before his Retirement could be used. Paid a huge loss in TAXS. These were the most incompetent supervisors
I have ever worked for.
This whole thing smells funny because everyone's quitting but I don't understand .
Sadly, this happens in many towns & villages across America, including mine. Most officials have never been a part of a fire department, yet they think they know how one should be run & by whom. It's a shame.
In some countries there are villages, in America , there is absolutely nothing of the sort.🙄
@@davidmurray6176that’s not true
@@davidmurray6176a definition of village from the Oxford dictionary “(in the US) a small municipality with limited corporate powers”
Sure...let the high school dropouts run it. Great idea. Did your fireman union tell you to type that?
@@davidmurray6176 America 100% has villages the hell are you on about.
Power to the People!!
Politicians lying? Say it isn't so!!
Well done to the firefighter.❤
The politically connected fdny commissioner demoted three chiefs and replaced them as one of her first jobs. That left them with three less people capable of handling a 5+ alarm fire. When stations are on medicals, they're not manned anymore. She has made it the weakest its been for decades.
The key word there being “she”. I stand by my belief that women should not be in most positions of power.
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Her....
@@chafedbm Bingo!!!!
Please keep up this good journalism.
RIP to the country.
Town officials didnt have time for an interview, nor it seems time to advertise the full time chief vacancy . It's public money that supplies the salary , officials don't get to play with it behind closed doors .
If there was no issue with how they managed this situation, they would have been able to give an immediate response to any concerns . So of course people should be concerned, after all , there's no smoke without fire .
Why would they need to interview or advertise the vacancy ? , they already have a candidate signed up and you can bet your last dollar it wears a skirt .
Town Council hiding not wanting at face the music for their bad decision making probably.
All officials need to be held accountable.
If you don't stand up for what you believe? Then it doesn't much matter what you believe?
❤and support to those firefighters 🤜💥🤛
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Something is fishy I dare say. So, who on council is the new fire chief related to?
The council decided that the fire department was too white and had too many males. This is happening in everywhere, it's terrible.
@@coniccinoc is that what's happening? I'm seeing screaming on both sides
@@coniccinoc I'm hearing everyone leaving is corrupt and I'm hearing they left because the firing was corrupt like 🤡 go round
@@t.m9341 kinda ....
People are sick of the political hacks, the politicians need to go
"For mostly-career or all-career fire departments, the rates of career firefighters per 1,000 people protected have remained in the range of 1.54 to 1.81 "
Stanley has a population of 4,000 people.
Like everyone else, here in the comments: this is happening everywhere. All over the country. In my little town in Oklahoma that has several other towns in the county; there is only 2 volunteer EMTs and the firefighters are also who some of the city police and sheriff's are, so maybe 3 or 4 now, I think.
But it took 20 minutes for an ambulance to get to my wife's grandmother's house a few weeks ago, and we live four minutes from City Hall and the Fire/Police station. What if there was a shooting, multiple casualties, or a mother and her 3 kids got into a drunk driving accident? We wouldn't have been able to drive her to the hospital out of town with no oxygen, etc., we don't have the equipment to stabilize her, like it's insane. The city officials claim there's no money or funding; but the street dept, electric dept, water dept, all have newer employees; the utilities are outrageous, always rising, new fees, we can't drink the tap water, and they mayor says we're trying our hardest. Yet, they vote on things that the city and populace don't ever hear about until surprise - we're raising rates again.
You need to recall the Mayor! If the mayor is raising fees all the time and the city employees are getting raises, recall the Mayor! Find a decent person and elect them as your mayor! Nothing can be fixed unless you the citizens take back your city government!
I work in city government in Kentucky, and the state requires annual audits for most towns. Towns under a certain population every two years. If OK does the same, you should be able to get copies of those audits and see if there are any issues with how funds are being handled and exactly where the money is going. KY also requires public officials to fill out a form every year saying where their personal finances come from so the public can see if there are conflicts of interest. KY has a public records statute that requires the release of most records if requested by a member of the public, but it varies state to state. It’s worth checking there.
A fire department is a very, VERY,close family. We love one another, we fight with one another. And sometimes we don't much like one another. But we always, always , always got each other's back. Don't mess with the family.
@@harley2die4 Normally yes. At a paid department when one leaves there are five waiting to get his or her job. But if I heard right, this is an all volunteer department. Which, by the way, over 80% of fire departments in the U.S. are. Most likely these people had full time jobs that they worked elsewhere and helped when they could. You won't find those people everyday.
@@harley2die4
Sound like a typical braindead liberal.
True in my occupation as well.
@@bigchuckyinkentucky6267and all due respect cant afford to be a volunteer firefighter nor have time to be one
The job is nearly obselete. Number of fires have plummeted over the years.....
County officials are paid by the community to serve the community - something they seem to have forgotten...
All politicians if paid, are paid by the people to represent the people. Almost all at every level have forgotten this.
Until we as the populace stop voting party line, get the lobbying dollars severely restricted, and start holding politicians responsible for their actions, this type of activity will continue.
That's not the "New Attitude" County officials are paid to be "Served" by the community. They are in fact better than the rest of the population (ask them) as they are now "Royalty" Political leaders = Royalty (about the same as medieval times in Europe) the rest of the constituents are only there to serve their nefarious needs.
yes, here in NYS towns, the local judges inherit the judge jobs from their fathers, and no other lawyers will dare to run against them in elections, held once every 10 years. with $250000 annual salery
@@waltwills2479 that sucks.
No way are they representing the people with a set up like that.
@@waltwills2479That’s effed up.
THIS " SCREAMS" THAT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY WRONG!!
I spoke to the fire chief in Stanley a couple weeks ago just to ask for some help/information on a situation I was experiencing. The guy was a huge jerk. He didn't help, didn't offer a solution, didn't even seem to care about what was going on. Gaston county in general is corrupt.
SOUNDS LIKE THE MAYOR and some on the “council “ need to be recalled! This is bigger than shady. Who’s incompetent, UNQUALIFIED, Relative or best buddy was assigned to the new chiefs’ job. I’m glad to see that most of the fire-fighters won’t put up with this kind of crap.
@AlwaysWankershim It was a rhetorical question. But, thanks for info.
Imagine trying to read and figure out why you've been terminated, made redundant, or whatever happened to not even be able to finish reading the document.
Well that would certainly create a good case for unfair dismissal right there
In at-will employment states, they don’t have to give a reason.
I worked in EMS. I couldn't believe how politicized public safety was. So much corruption everywhere.
I retired after 29 years of service to my community. In my opinion, the root reason for Stanley is politics and perhaps money. My local government tried something similar and when we protested the board responded that they could just do away with the department and turn it over to the county. Fortunately we called their bluff and we got a real fire chief instead of a political cronie.
Corruption is usually all centered around local justice departments. Generally speaking, you’ve got a prosecutor’s office drunk with power & authority. You’ve got the town judge who is just happy to have to do practically no work for a sweet $200k to $350k/year job. Then of course you have Andy & Barney at the police department who are also drinking from that same bottle the prosecutor has except they also have guns and badges which is really handy b/c with qualified immunity they can save the prosecutor and judge a lot of work just by killing suspects or whomever.
Good luck to the firefighters! You guys rock!
Easy there big fella. Leave Andy and Barney out of this, theys good folks.
@@paddyoshamrock That was a terrible appropriation of the names of last two good cops to ever exist. Apologies to both Mr. Griffin and Mr. Fife.
Do you have anything to back that up or is this another "trust me bro" rant?
@@razorburn645He said "generally speaking" and it sounds about right to me.
@@chafedbm Ah so Trust Me Bro about another Trust Me Bro statement?
I don’t know what others say about this, but I would think it to be a WAKE UP call !
Just saw this, it's been a month now. Have any town official's homes caught fire? It would be a shame if it happened and there weren't any firefighters around...
Good for the city to demand answers. Looks like as of 2 weeks ago there was a town meeting... but it didn't go anywhere. Good luck people.
isn't the new chief an EMS guy who was fired for crashing an ambulance while there was a patient riding in the back?
This whole situation smells rotten. And no one do anything.
note that the door code does not work for many of them. this was planned good old boy operation
i despise "good old boy" politics.
@@minutemanmedic4143 Are you suggesting there's another kind of politics?
@@richardfabacher3705 lol true
@@richardfabacher3705 Wokeism
I hope the news team dogs them constantly until they find out what is really going on.
It’s time to file ethics complaints against the Stanley town officials.
Probably one of the town official's relative was hired as the new full time fire chief.
Here in a small town south of Ft Riley Kansas, the same is happening. A small group of buddy, buddy City Commissioners run the town like their own little playground……which it is. We’ve had four police chiefs in 10 years. The whole force has turned over and if it wasn’t for some on-point ex-military men, we’d have no force….or one totally run by idiots. This is nationwide.
Sounds like corruption to me. I stand with my brothers and sisters. Strong supporter from Flat Branch VFD, NC. 👨🚒
The City counsel is required to put changes like these on an agenda to give notice to the public and hear feedback and arguments. Only exception should be a city emergency. This stinks of a rotten city counsel who likely operates outside of their legal and ethical boundaries regularly. Perhaps it's time to FIRE the entire council and put some of these firemen in their place. This is reminiscent of the Open AI exodus of last month which ultimately forced the entire board to resign. Great reporting please keep it up!!
This has that stink of corruption about it.
This is what happens when the wrong people are put in power. If the department is not broke why fix it?
Never I deresti,ate the ability of the government to F something up. The. Wait to see how they try and fix it.
Three women to tell the story…one man can do the same job!
How can such a position be filled without a job ad being placed, round of interviews being conducted and the successful candidate being named openly.
CORRUPTION.
Thank you for doing journalism .
What journalism ? The media is just another propaganda machine , not any real journalism at all!
The city council forgot the definition of "volunteer". Their next election should be interesting.
You know the answer. Small town politics. Vendetta or nepotism.
Good stand there ground
State needs to step in ASAP.
Good for those guys! Standing up to the machine United! You guys rock! Where can I contribute to your cause to keep you guys warm & fed?
Why would they fire such a beloved chief? Clearly trying to give the job to a friend
Fire the city council, it's questionable if you need them but you definitely need the firefighters.
Small town politics! Do something stupid and hope no one says anything
Typical scenario where those on council put friends on board. Giving them top spots others have worked to achieve but who aren't allowed because they aren't part of the big plan of having 1 person in every leadership role who is on board with, and will back, whatever city council wants them too. So the fire department is just one example of them ousting the old way of doing things people and bringing in yes men on board with city council's next wave of restructuring and rebuilding. Probably to bring to the town outside investors, LLC companies who will buy up land and existing ownership of organizations like the EMT services, Fire, and roads and construction.
Watch. This city and town is trying to bring in outside investors. Which always means sudden new zoning laws, selling of land, roads, creeks, and river access, all to many times foreign LLC owned companies.
Well spoken young men
Corruption at its finest. They hired someone whos more willing to go along with the corruption is all this is.
love it!!....more and more of us need to stick it to the man!....politicians only care about themselves!
“New Chief thanks Uncle for new job with good pay” You know this new guy was gifted this job.
They need to recall the council members and any other officials whose reckless actions resulted in these resignations.
Like they say action speaks louder than words
Way to ruin the morale of the people who protect your community and put them at risk. Hope the people of the council that voted for this get what’s coming to them!
Politicians always know best. Seen it time after time. 4 year wonders have a grand new plan and dont consult the people actually doing the work who have been there for years. Only way to fix it is to vote them out.
Politicians know best🤦🏻♂️🤡🤡🤡
Never screw over the people you depend on. 👨🚒
That reporter look like she’s been working all day, she deserves a promotion
The town officials wore her down. Same thing they do to every citizen that protests. It’s a team effort.
Another example of what happens when the dog finally catches the car He's been chasing.
I used to be a volunteer firefighter and I would try to warn people about the corruption all the time but nobody would listen until it was too late
Good to see loyalty in todays age
Smelly story, too much I would want to know to have an opinion. Looks like a big station, what size town does it protect. A chief and 2 assistants not given a chance to compete for the full time chief post? I would not be going into anything dangerous as a fire with an unknown and uncertified boss. The new chief hadn't been around to shake hands or work a couple of drills with the engine crews? Yeah, I am missing too much information, but it looks like the town council dropped a bomb on their emergency responders. The kind of danger fire is, I would be resigning too. Especially as an unpaid, or suddenly unpaid volunteer dealing with an appointed relative who probably hasn't even had basic hose handling.