Management will be serving refreshments in the Community Room during the extermination, not sure if it's Spychalski lemon cool-aid or not. Some residents are upset they’ve been banned from their rooms during the process. Some have told me of thefts by maintenance staff in the past.
The monthly meeting of the Housing Authority will be Thursday morning at Stonequist at 11am. I hear the pinning of medals on the chest of Colonel Spychalski is the first item of business. Next the peanut gallery will be allowed to speak for ten minutes, since the board has a busy agenda of singing the praises of dear leader Spychalski.
But one thing will be different this month. I will be attending as this letter shows.
I would like to publicly thank Police Chief Cole for his help in this matter.
I would also like to encourage all interested parties to attend this meeting as well
In other news the tragic arrest of City fireman Justin R. Moran, 31, a six-year employee of the Saratoga Springs Fire Department is leaving many questions unanswered.
1.Did the Police hold off on his arrest and the execution of the search warrant till after Public Safety Commissioner Christian Mathiesen and his Deputy “FINGER” Finneran had successfully rammed the ambulance boondoggle down the cities throat?
2. Why aren’t the Cities Police and Fireman drug tested?
3. How can a man working 24 hour shifts in close proximity to his coworkers manage to hide his addiction?
4. Was any of the drug paraphernalia found by the police “syringes,clamps” stolen from the fireman’s medibags?
I will have a new NXIVM story up tonight.So much for Valentines day
11 comments:
Emily and her new rules can stick-it.
This blog is now needed more than ever before. The Saratogian has made a huge mistake by giving Emily free-reign over the comment section of each story that is on-line. If I might say so, someone might check into the possibility that Emily is somehow connected to the Public Safety Dept. since she seems to favor that part of the city's functions.
Thanks JT,more later.
I am always here.We never sleep
Didn't Chris Mathieson propose drug testing bartenders? Are the bartenders in Saratoga's duties more essential to the citizens of Saratoga Springs than those duties of the police, firefighters and ambulance corp? You do ask some good questions about this firefighter's being able to hide an IV drug addiction while working a 24 hour shift with his fellow professional firefighters. But maybe that's why he was suspended in the 1st place? His coworkers didn't feel too comfortable putting their lives in his hands.
Excellent point.
Is it more important to know about what drugs your bartender uses?
Or the person who might be taking your vital signs?
Got to love a town that wants to drug test bartenders but is appalled at the idea of testing cops, firemen and emts. Hysterical! We can't seem to get rid of bed bugs but triple the salary of the famed Spychalsky as we shower him and his family with costly perks. We get restraining orders against John but let the fireman shoot up at the station. Fun.
ed says it wasn't a problem 7 months ago...LIES, LIES and MORE LIES.....some will praise him and may even give him a bonus, the nazi took almost 7 months to get this done, it was all because of this blog by John, the few residents that came forward with the problem at the start and the pressure of the media.....without all of those....we would still be fighting Ed to admit we have a bed bug problem.........I'm sure if Ed's million dollar house had bedbugs, a pest control company would be there right away, and he would've had the problem taken care of, of course but that's Ed's house, he cares NOT for us who live in stonequist....waiting the 7 months to get rid of the infestation proved it.....and u residents(Michelle) who kiss his ass, he's laughing all the way to the bank.....this will never be over til Ed is gone
Too bad Cole didn't have a chance to "investigate" why the trespass charges were issued in the first place. Officer Glen Barrett seemed to have zero reason to issue the charges in the first place. What a guy this Cole, doing you a favor making sure the DA won't prosecute charges with little to no merit in the first place.
Another issue that should be added to the mix is how many of these "trespass notices" are out there, and what have they been issued for? Also, what is the criteria for issuing these notices. While I can respect any individual's right to chose who is allowed on that person's private property, I don't believe that police officers being summoned (or choosing to rush over to help the wife of a 'brother in blue")with little cause, and at the tax payers expense, is a good use of limited public resources.
Perhaps it's time the city adjusted a pricing structure, similar to what they do for repeated false alarms on security systems, to pass the expense onto Ed and the Housing Authority for his cries of wolf.
If Cole really wants to hand this situation "respectfully" as his letter suggests, he would investigate the prior trespass notices that have been issued, the situations surrounding them, and make sure to reach out to any and all who victims of the intimidation tactics they used on John
I think this recent incident with this fireman, as well as other incidents in the department of Public Safety over the past few years should be a clear sign that it's time to re-evaluate the procedures being used in that department.
Drug testing is clearly one of the first issues that need to be addressed, but rather then fighting with the unions over this one issue, a better solution might be to roll into something bigger, and require our PS employees to be bonded.
The PBA and the IAFF have argued for years that these aren't just civil servants, they're "professionals", and that's why they need be compensated accordingly. As any REAL professional, in a field such as medicine, engineering, or finance can tell you, if you want to get work, you've got to be insured.
Word is, the city got close to 300 applicants for the tooth fairy's new cop positions. With that kind of interest, it should be no problem filling the positions if we made carrying a personal insurance policy to cover the actions of the individual part of the requirement for hire. Take the burden of insurance off the city, and lay it onto these professionals. If they do their job, and keep their nose clean, the expense will be minimal to the DPS employees. If they can't do their jobs, keep their noses clean, and stay out of trouble, they can throw their own money away.
The cops and fireman love to play up how you can't cut costs when it comes to safety. How about fitting the fire trucks, ambulances, and patrol cars with the same breathalyzers they put on cars with frequent DWI's?
While they're at it, how about camera's and GPS in those vechicles as well? Have a record of where they are, where they were and what they did. The tape doesn't lie, don't think of it as checking up on your DPS, think of it as our way of PROTECTING you. We see how you get disrespected and attacked by the public on blogs like this and the comments in the Saratogian. We just want to make sure if ANYONE even SUGGESTS that anyone you are doing anything less then the best job in the world, we will be able to prove that they are wrong.
In this day and age, we should be able to fit each officer and firefighter with a small video and audio recorder for less then a few hundred dollars a head. They will record every interaction they have with a suspect, victim, or any civilian. Doctors record medical procedure for their protection, wouldn't these EMS firefighters want the same protection? Recordings of this Moran guys shifts would give us a much better idea of if he was under the influence at work or not.
Imagine how easy it would be for the DA to get convictions if he had video and audio of the actions the cops file charges regarding. The cops could simply pull the section of tape the DA needs to get their conviction, instead of painfully two finger typing their accounts. We know what a problem that paper work can be. Plus, a video and audio account is nearly impossible to discredit, while now it seems like suspects simply hire PI's who have no trouble finding credible witnesses who offer statements that don't always jive with the police reports.
It's time that DPS stepped into the 21st century, even if it means they're going to have to be accountable for their actions. Give us something that lets us see who's right and who's wrong, and stop using the clouds that "he said, she said" create to obscure things just enough that no one has to take responsibility for their actions.
What is appalling, the fact there has been no public statement by either the Fire Chief or the Commissioner or Finger-nan.
What gives?
JT
Looks like you need to split.
Split your blog in two.
Go back to "saratoga politics" for the reason you started your blog.
Then go and cultivate your NXIVM blog, or whatever, for the other people who enjoy that diversion.
You go, big guy. Love ya.
Now split.!!
We need you more than ever.
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