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2014-09-11 -Land of the Free

Maywood, IL fire chief links American flag with culture of racism.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-11 01:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Maywood is a relatively prosperous black suburb of Chicago. It is no Ferguson. The FD Chief is a bigot and buffoon, and the good people of Maywood deserve better.

Posted by regular joe 2014-09-11 13:38|| 2014-09-11 13:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Nice to see the fire chief firmly handle the hall monitor duties with both hands up his ass. Good question would be who is in charge while he is making sure shoelaces are tied beginning inside over outside and chewing gum is sugar free? Why worry about training on how to defeat the new roll cages on modern vehicles and how to operate the software which will diagram where all the go-boom air bags are when there might be pictures of boobies.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-11 14:36|| 2014-09-11 14:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Just a wild guess, but I'd vote for affirmative action hire and promotion. He isn't the least bit good at his job, likely knows it, and is threatened by the competence of his juniors. Who also know that he is an affirmative action hire, got his promotion by the same means, and likely hold him veiled contempt.

I'd also bet that he is a petty martinet and that morale in that particular station is in the pits. At some point, the chief will be slid into a position where he won't have any actual supervisory duties, but be in charge of ordering office supplies for the head office. Or something equally pointless.

Do I get a prize? Yes, I am cynical - comes from experience.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2014-09-11 19:10|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2014-09-11 19:10|| Front Page Top

Sgt. Mom's prize. Sorry, no frame available.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-11 19:21|| 2014-09-11 19:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Ohhhh - I am thrilled! Thanks to all the Academy; I am so overcome. (takes out hankie, sniffs into it) The honor of the evidence of this esteem is more than I can bear! (another sniff into the hankie)
So - is there any money involved? Ah, thought not. Carry on.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2014-09-11 20:19|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2014-09-11 20:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Why do these people stay here if they hate it so much? He's probably got rudimentary medical training; he'd be welcomed in Liberia.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2014-09-11 20:49|| 2014-09-11 20:49|| Front Page Top

#7 his personal office VM is not full - I left one.

Posted by Frank G 2014-09-11 22:16|| 2014-09-11 22:16|| Front Page Top

#8 So - is there any money involved? Ah, thought not. Carry on. Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2014-09-11 20:19

Well, you MIGHT get a COLA increase in your paycheck come January. That is, unless BIO gets ticked at something the military either does, or didn't do.

Posted by Old Patriot 2014-09-11 22:41|| 2014-09-11 22:41|| Front Page Top

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