'Blindsided.' Former deputy chief at Stanley Fire Dept. speaks after job eliminated
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Blindsided - that's how the former deputy chief at the Stanley Fire Department says he feels after finding out his job was eliminated in the Town of Stanley. On Thursday, Queen City News got to speak with the former top fire official. QCNEWS.COM
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Found out he was fired via an email? Who would want to work there?
If the towns people are smart, they will remove ALL town leaders in the next election and replace them with people who will stand for reinstatement of the fire departments Chief and Assistant Chief and the volunteers who served the community.
Two words wrongful dismissal.
If a person who’s been at a job and is making too much money in their position. It’s time to let them go. Someone will gladly take the role for a third of what the previous person was making. It’s called Life. Deal with it
@@DeepDishPizza wrongful dismissal is called labor law deal with it. Former shop steward dealt with these types of cases as a representative of unionized employees.
Well, when the town managers house catches fire and no one shows up, maybe the town manager will learn that firefighters are very important to have
That would be karma at its best.
Either he pissed off a big shot or the new guy has a friend on the town board!
They wouldn’t bow to the mayor, town manager and chief of police.. it’s the “good’ol boy” system and they needed a “yes man” for the job.. So they hired a man that cannot pass a physical fitness test, that isn’t certified for any duties of a fireman and I’m scared to think about him handling the daily ins & outs, much less the budget!! Scary for our little town!
If the town pays someone full time and provides benefits they have much more control over that person.
Two part timers who are doing it because they CARE are much more likely to push back on matters of funding and public safety.
This is about control.
Sounds like the Town Council needs "restructuring"....
Who is the fire chief personal buddies with the city manager? You should investigate it because it would be a conflict of interest
The other firefighters did not “walk off the job”, they were all put out of a job.
They're volunteers. They walked off the job. Can't say that I blame them somebody meddling around screwing things up. That's what happened when you take away trusted leaders and introduce politics
@@Rusty_Nickle ABSOLUTELY
Restructuring, eh? Bet you'll find some shady money things have happened if the finances was honestly audited.
Let’s get a look at the new fire chief and read his resume
Note to everyone... Find,watch you local city meetings.PLEASE. Petty dictator s at their finest.
Public safety director only means police will be your fire department eventually … 🤣🤣🤣🤡
The “public safety director” is the Chief of Police.. so they may be!
in minnesota about thirty years ago a number of cities tried the combined police/fire system. the guys hated it. they had to carry fire gear in the squads. after calls they had to clean up TWO sets of equipment, and patrol time suffered. then they caught on to all these fires starting just before robberies took place. in the end they never really saved any money or improved response times.
"They're just volunteers"
Yeah, and those are all you got
Prayers 🙏✝️
Small town goofballs with small town minds. Recall that council, obvious it’s over their head to manage a small town
Would love to hear the follow-up on this in light of the new fire chief's resume is severely lacking...
Usually the problem is with the Town Manager or Village Administrator or City Administrator. These individuals seem to think they run the Municipality, and there’s a disconnect between Departments and Elected Officials.
I hope he finds himself a good attorney and sues the Town of Stanley.
Great everyone stood up for the chief. Your slapping everyone in the face.
Why didn't the remaining 10 volunteers not walk off the job yet?
We have had issues with our mayor, council members, city attorney, and former city manager engaging in coverups for the last 4 years. The city manager fired our dedicated, loyal, long-term, well-respected fire chief of over 30 years 1) so that his (city manager's) wrongdoings would not be discovered because the fire chief was well versed in the policies/procedures/protocols of the city and was questioning what the city manager was doing 2) so that he could hire his friend to be the new fire chief, whom he knew would remain loyal to him (the current fire chief cannot do the job and their have been multiple complaints against him). The mayor/council allowed this because they had to keep the coverups going. City manager left after 3 years and has gone on to another town. In order to keep the coverups going, the city didn't even post anything about the mayor's seat and 3 council seats being up for election this year. Just another way to keep someone else from coming in and finding out what they've been doing the last 4 years. Dirty politics at its best!
Sounds like the residents of Stanley need to give their city council the Louisville Slugger treatment.
You watch someone has been stealing money above those 2 restructuring is code word for money woes
Collusion and corruption.
People voted for these people
Wonder how the new guy and the mayor are related.....brothers?
asking for more money from a gomer town,
the good ol boy system is alive and well in stanley.
Holy crap! You mean that obese guy, Hilton, that crashed the ambulance, which I thought was the patient onboard is the inerm chief? Some building would be burnt down before he can roll out of bed!
Was the fired part time Chief's paid positions?
Does it matter? Notified by email that you are no longer needed. Very weak. Red light, red flag and warning bells that town council does have the town’s best interests at heart.
They needed to get fired as they were among too much money for basically doing nothing. Now we can get people in there for cheap.
Men and women…just saying