“At the last FOI meeting we think the only person from the Fire
Dept who actually understood what was said was the attorney, Mary
Alice. We don't think that Paul, etc. even began to understand the words
that meant they will soon be handing over to us all the financial records to
which we are entitled, which is just about all their records. We will post
all the records for all the years we will soon have here on this site.”
I think everyone who attended the FOI hearing understood what was transpiring. Mr. DeAngelis enjoys trying to belittle other’s intelligence. For someone who spelled his very own name incorrectly yesterday, I find this humorous.
What actually happened at the FOI hearing was underwhelming. It was a waste of taxpayer money to have subpoenaed Mike Belden. What testimony did he offer? He basically said that the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department is listed in the budget. He was barraged with and unending string of questions about the MVFD line items that could have been easily answered by Chief Perrotti. It was not fair to Mr. Belden and a waste of taxpayer money.
The hearing, that according to the FOI hearing officer, was only suppose to last 1 1/2 hours, was abruptly cut short by the officer herself. It appeared that if allowed to continue, the hearing would have lasted several weeks.
To avoid another hearing for all parties, the MVFD attorney offered to fill in the gaps on any missing Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, taxpayer funded information. This did not include MVFD Inc. information. The MVFD Inc. is a private organization that raises its own money, and is not funded by the taxpayers.
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Since when is the MVFD Incorporated ?
Back in the late 1970s. Ed was Chief.
well should it be? its a volunteer fire department.
why should it have ability to "make a profit" ?
its supported by the taxpayers
Even Pat DeAnus concedes that there is a 'Inc.' side and a 'club' side. The 'Inc.' side is funded by the town and saves your butt when you get into trouble. The 'club' side raises it's own money to do things like host halloween parties for your kids.
Actually it is the Town side and the Inc side.
The Town side saves your butt. Puts out fires
The Inc. side is the club side. But, what does it do? It stocks to food bank. sponsors the Little League, buys Thanksgiving Dinners for residents, sponsors the Halloween party for the kids, gives scholarship money to high school seniors, buys Defibrillators for the community, purchases its own rescue equipment, and supports a host of other charities. It also buys all equipment for Fire Headquarters such as ice machines, stoves and dishwashers, etc... that the entire community uses when they host an event at Fire HQ.
September 13, 2008 11:26 PM
Once we have a unionized PAID fire department you can probably kiss all those old fashioned community activities goodbye. We're gonna be a big city now! I suppose you can tell your grandchildren what life was like in Middlebury back before Deangelis ruined it. Save your memorabilia.
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