A crises of leadership
“I grew up among professional firemen: my father, my uncle, my
father's cousins, most of my father's friends were professional firemen. I
saw , first hand, what a toll firefighting took on my father's health.
I don't dislike, in fact, I respect firemen. I don't like the road the
present leadership of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Dept is taking the
department.
Take the latest FOI fiasco. My goodness, the Chief should have
done exactly what the Police Chief did, what the Selectmen did and what
everybody in the history of this town has done---turn over the material.
Now the Fire Dept has put itself in the middle of a legal quagmire
from which they can only escape through the good will of the person who
asked for the material to begin with.”
It is obvious that Mr. DeAngelis has no respect for firefighters and he proves this almost everyday, by posting the never-ending string of lies and distortions regarding the Department and its leadership. It is very obvious to members of the MVFD that Mr. DeAngelis seems to be acting as an agent for former First Selectman Ed St. John, who appears to continue his assault on the brave men and women of the MVFD.
There is no crisis. There is no chaos. There is no quagmire. It is a myth. Mr. DeAngelis is seeking information that he is not legally entitled to. The information he is entitled to, is stored at the Town Hall, not at the firehouse.
The reality is that Mr. DeAngelis keeps costing the taxpayers and the MVFD Inc. thousands of dollars by continuing his endless onslaught of frivolous FOIs. That is money that could have gone to the food bank, to providing a high school senior scholarship, to reopening the library, to managing the Little League, or to funding the DARE program. One FOI request after another without one single appreciable benefit to the community.
Where is the goodwill there? There is none. Only bitterness and negativity. Its just plain mean.
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