Yet More Lies From The Pit?

 Out of respect for his father who was a professional fireman Pat DeAngelis wrote the grant for the Firehouse communications gear.  Paul Perrotti signed the application and then LIED about the whole 

deal. The issue here is not who wrote the grant but the fact that Paul found it necessary to lie about the whole thing. DeAngelis was willing to let Paul take the "credit" but then Paul wouldn't even tell DeAngleis that the grant was received. A little paranoia, ya think? 

BULL! Here is another lie.  What Mr. DeAngelis is not telling you is that there are several parts of a grant.  The main part of the grant was compiled by Chief Perrotti.  This encompassed a great deal of background information and specific information regarding the Department, its equipment and the demographics of the community.  This is the hard part of writing grants.  It is the research that must be done.  On the other hand, Mr. DeAngelis wrote the narrative part of the grant, a page or two that explains why the Department needed such a grant.  

What Mr. DeAngelis does not tell you and what he himself was not told (to spare his feelings), was his narrative was so filled with grammatical errors, and some of the language included was not appropriate for someone writing a grant for the fire service.  The narrative had to be heavily edited by Chief Perrotti and the MVFD secretary to put it in a form that could be submitted. Needless to say, the MVFD was very appreciative of the work that Mr. DeAngelis did do, and still is to this day.

Another outright lie is that Chief Perrotti “lied about the whole deal.”  Not true. At a Selectman’s meeting Chief Perrotti said that he had help with the grant and even mentioned Mr. DeAngelis’s name. That was met by Ed St. John’s rolling eyeballs.  The truth is that Mr. DeAngelis did not want to get involved with taking any credit for the grant.  He wanted to stay out of it.

It is also a lie that Chief Perrotti never told Mr. DeAngelis that the grant was received.  The day the MVFD found out about the grant, Chief Perrotti called Mr. DeAngelis to congratulate him. 

““F”, the new pumper is a pathetic joke. The money for the pumper was there in 2002 but Perrotti didn’t want to take it because ( wah-wah ) he didn’t like St. John. Now the department suffers because of him.”

Again, more lies. The spec was written in 2003. Chief Perrotti and Mr. St. John were getting along just fine.  It was not until Mr. DeAngelis FOIed the Fire Department for Mr. St. John’s Ph.D. papers that the relationship started to deteriorate.  That was in August of 2004. There was no money for the pumper in 2002.  At an Officer’s meeting in 2003 with Mr. St. John, they discussed bonding a project that would have replaced Engine 2, refurbish or replaced Engine 4 and Rescue 1. There was no money available. They would have had to bond the whole project.  

 "C" , "D" and "E" are nothing more than the taxpayers giving money to the FIREMEN not to Perrotti. In fact, with a new Chief the money would be far greater.”

More cyber-garbage from Mr. DeAngelis. C, D and E were not paid from taxpayer’s dollars.   The new ambulance is from the Ambulance billing service that Mr. DeAngelis falsely tells everyone makes $200,000.00 a year. The 4 defibs and furniture came from MVFD Inc. funds. When the Town asked for help in purchasing 2 defibs, the MVFD stepped up to the plate, once again, and ordered 4 instead of two.  Get your facts straight! None of this was paid through taxpayer dollars.

“Following preliminary discussions the State Elections Enforcement Commission agreed to accept a complaint against certain members of the Middlebury Vol. Fire Dept. The Town never should have allowed a town dept, the Fire Dept. , to violate State Statute as the complaint indicates. The individuals involved will be held accountable according to State Law”

The real question is who signed the complaint, and who will be accountable when this individual files a false claim against a volunteer fire department.  What will be the ramifications for filing such a false complaint?  

All these attacks on the MVFD and Chief Perrotti a week before the Fire Department Elections. This is their big swan song week. An endless montage of lies and distortions encompassing a vain attempt to try to change the outcome of the election of Chief.  The people who do the least for this community are attacking the person who does the most for this community. It is pathetic.