Wednesday, February 9, 2011

It's a bird.....it's a plane..... No it's the Defender of the fire district!!

It's so tiresome listening to you ramble about how much Ruben is unfit for his job, the union is hurting the district, blah blah blah .  Since you are the self proclaimed "Defender of the fire district" why haven't you questioned why Commissioner Barry, until recently, hadn't attended the commission meetings for many months over the last year?  He had been gone for so long they took his name plate down and moved everyone over one seat. Maybe it's because you never stepped foot in the commission meetings until your precious Rainey was in fear of losing his job.  This is why the firemen feel you are a hypocrite!  You continually bash and point fingers at the men that the firefighters support, yet you turn a blind eye to anything your boys (Hennessey, Barry, Gover, etc..) do.  How about you hold everyone to the same standard.  Novel idea.


Pay particular attention to #8

An appology for Henessey huh? how about after charges are brought against him and his cohort Duncam, you apologize to us for all of your slander towards the firefighters and the union.  Stealing is a crime!  Just ask your God, he will tell you the same thing.  It doesn't matter if the person stealing is your friend or not, it is still a crime! 




On your next propaganda post I want you to answer one question for all of our readers to see:
If/when the Sheriffs department brings charges against Henessey for stealing the generator from station 2, will you then say you were wrong for defending Henessey and apologize to the firefighters and the union for slandering them? 

I'm guessing probably not, because the standards and values you keep holding the firefighters and "OUR" commissioners too you and your cronies don't answer too yourselves.

P.S. You keep calling yourself a tax payer in the district but according to Taxcollector.com you haven't paid your property taxes for the last year.  Must be a typo.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Mud slingers! I can't stand them!!

First let me apologize to the family of Mrs. Thompson who Debbie (she doesn't deserve to be called Mrs. Willis anymore) has regrettably drug into her vindictive little world that she calls a blog.  The fact that she would use the unfortunate death of Mrs. Thompson to further her vengeful attack on Southern Manatee's personnel, sickens me and probably anyone else who reads her blog.  I really don't know I continue to read her propaganda.  Maybe it's because I get a little chuckle from her slanted view or maybe it's because I feel the need to defend our honor.  Either way, it's getting to the point that I feel like I am the only idiot reading her blog.  

After reading her attack on Commissioner Reuben, I decided to do a little digging myself.  I think it's hypocritical for someone to mention Reuben's list of accidents when she herself had 3 traffic violations last year, in less than 12 months!  How does she still have a drivers license!  And not to mention Douglas Willis who plead guilty to eluding police, reckless driving, and carrying a concealed weapon!  Thank God there was no one riding a bike while he was fleeing the police!   

I must say, for a woman who preaches of fiscal responsibility and misappropriation of funds, I am offended at the rocks that you continue to throw in your FORECLOSED glass house!  The fact that you are still living in a house that is no longer yours makes me sick!  Where I come from that's called STEALING!  You preach your conservative values yet you yourself are exactly the problem!   It sucks when someone starts digging up your past and personal misfortunes, doesn't it?

Bringing up the unfortunate past of others while you yourself have your own skeletons, is 
hypocrytical in my book.



 

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Here we go again...

It's 2011 and we are still talking about the past.  We are still bringing up names that used to mean something around here.  Today we are a new fire department with new management and new citizens to help ensure our district is properly managed.  Yet we still seem to have these old names bubbling up and releasing a fowl smell.  We were promised that there were going to be no more posts yet here we are.  I feel it is my duty and responsibility to remind our readers why and how we got to this point.

  I think we need to take a step back and look a little deeper for a moment.  Mrs. W. says she is looking out for "the taxpayers" but I have to ask, where was she when the former commissioners allowed chief Hennessey and Chief Gover to have such elaborate iron clad contracts?  She blames the media for creating a witch hunt yet  I think most of the "taxpayers" would have been appalled to know that Tom Hennessey was guaranteed a 4% raise on top of what the firefighters received (if anything) each year.  This is on top of his already bloated base salary of $130K a year (with longevity its closer to $160K).  While the economy is in the dump and people are losing their jobs, he was getting huge salary increases. He was in charge of 5 fire stations.  Sarasota county's chief didn't make that much money and he was in charge of over 50 stations.  You attack the firefighters salary but defend the chiefs ridiculous salary.  It is painfully obvious that you are not "looking out for the taxpayers" as you state you are, instead you are looking out for your friends and your friends, friends.  If you were really looking out for the district you would have been upset to find out that even after all of the wrong doings chief Gover was found guilty of, he still couldn't be fired.  as a matter of fact, he would have had to commit a felony in order to be fired.  This is the kind of contracts that the Bradenton herald and the community are appalled at. 

You continue to defend our former chief, what was his name.....ummmm?  Oh yeah, Tom Hennessey.  Let's talk about Tom Hennessey (upstanding citizen of the year) for a moment.  You state he was "cleared of any wrong doing" yet he did receive a laptop which chief Gover admitted he had deceived the board when he gave it to Tom.  Was Tom just an innocent player in this ordeal or is he smart enough to know when he is receiving something of great value he must turn it down?  Lets let that one sit for a moment.  How about when he instructed Assistant chief Thayer (in his own words) "to not have the attorneys present" during his pension meeting.  Why do you think that was?  Maybe it was because he knew the attorneys would have told the board that his lump sum request might have a negative impact on the pension, therefore denying his request for a lump sum.  Your right, maybe he did nothing wrong by the letter of the law but you being a christian woman I would hope you can see that what he did was, in Gods eyes, deceitful, self serving and wrong.  The final few years of his career were not about the firefighters or the fire department.  It was about how to make his retirement better.  And with the help of the former commissioners, he did just that.

Enough looking backwards.  It's time we move forward.  I understand your apprehension toward the union.  I myself am not too fond of them.  I must admit though, without the union we would not have been able to rid this department of the garbage and put in place new commissioners that have only the districts best interest's at heart.  I believe if you give them a chance you will see they are men of great character and are devoted to making our department the best in the county again.  as much as I enjoy this playful banter, I would hope you could set aside your bitterness for a while and join with us to try and make this department even better.