Please don't get me wrong in that ALL black chief officers or board members are bad or incompetant, because that's not what I'm saying. I'm sure that there are several fine black chiefs and board members all across the nation, just as there are incompetant white chiefs and board members out there.
Unfortunately, the Normandy Fire Protection District (now known as the Northeast Ambulance and Fire District) all-black board members that got voted in there a few years ago began hiring black firefighters and paramedics, then firing the white firefighters and medics and forcing the older white firefighters to retire, as their goal was to have an all-black employee fire department. Had the shoe been on the other foot, my God, we'd have seen Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, amongst others, marching in the streets in the St. Louis area shouting of how unfair it was!
Just like I trully believe the 3 brand new all-black Wheeled Coach ambulances that they just took delivery of a few weeks ago is their message of black power. Yes, it sounds racial on my part, but I know others that feel the same way as I do.
The Normandy Fire Protection District had its problems, as do all fire districts and departments, but nothing like is going on now. But the incompetant black board members who got voted in decided to "fix" something that wasn't broken. Go to today's Post-Dispatch online and read about the fight that took place at yesterday's emergency meeting of the board and the 3 arrests that were made. It's interesting reading, and I'll leave it at that, except to say how the incompetance has gotten out of hand and how the repairs that must now be done and what a long time it'll probably take to fix that district.
Unfortunately, the Normandy Fire Protection District (now known as the Northeast Ambulance and Fire District) all-black board members that got voted in there a few years ago began hiring black firefighters and paramedics, then firing the white firefighters and medics and forcing the older white firefighters to retire, as their goal was to have an all-black employee fire department. Had the shoe been on the other foot, my God, we'd have seen Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, amongst others, marching in the streets in the St. Louis area shouting of how unfair it was!
Just like I trully believe the 3 brand new all-black Wheeled Coach ambulances that they just took delivery of a few weeks ago is their message of black power. Yes, it sounds racial on my part, but I know others that feel the same way as I do.
The Normandy Fire Protection District had its problems, as do all fire districts and departments, but nothing like is going on now. But the incompetant black board members who got voted in decided to "fix" something that wasn't broken. Go to today's Post-Dispatch online and read about the fight that took place at yesterday's emergency meeting of the board and the 3 arrests that were made. It's interesting reading, and I'll leave it at that, except to say how the incompetance has gotten out of hand and how the repairs that must now be done and what a long time it'll probably take to fix that district.
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