The Fight Against The Charter Change And The
Fire Commission
April 2006 - November 2007
The Original
White Paper
Response To Republican-American
Opinion
Published June 8th, 2006
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Middlebury Board Of Selectmen
Form A Fire Commission To Oversee The Fire Department
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Why Engine 2 Should Be Replaced
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Firefighter Ray Kasidas Speaks About Chief Paul Perrotti
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October 9th, 2006
The Members Of The Middlebury
Volunteer Fire Department
Voted Unanimously To Go On Record
That They Are Opposed To Any
Town Charter Revision That Would
Institute A Permanent Fire Commission.
Join The Campaign To Stop
The Charter Change!!
Support Your Volunteer Fire Department!
Vote NO To The Charter Change
That Would Make The Fire Commission Permanent!!!
More To Come Very Soon.
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3-Fold Mailer
Join The Friends Of The Fire
Department
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Meeting Poster
Fire Department Secures Grant
And Saves Taxpayers $297,457.00
Chief Paul Perrotti Delivers
Fire Department Position On A Permanent Fire Commission.
November 20, 2006
Chief Paul Perrotti Delivers
Fire Department Position On Charter Changes
March 1, 2007
Chairman Of The Fire Commission
Attempts
To Smear The Fire Department
With A 45 Page Document Sent
To The Charter Revision Commission
As Our Volunteers Train With
New Lifesaving Extrication Equipment.
Enough is enough... It is Time
For The Fire Commission To Go!!!!
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Republican-American Story
January 19, 2007 Republican-American
"Chief Perrotti keeps insisting it's about
financial oversight only and about the Fire Department only," Heidkamp
said. "There is more than the Fire Department that reports to the Fire
Commission. Maybe it should have been called the Public Safety Commission."
Having untrained and uninformed members of the
community making decisions of any kind regarding the “Operational
Side” of the Fire Department, Emergency Operations or Health Department
is reckless and outright dangerous. It is like assembling a committee
of civilians to plan a war. It is NOT done in the military and it
certainly should not be done in the Town of Middlebury.
The suggestion of a Public Safety Commission without
even the mention of the Police Department appears to be a bureaucratic
oxymoron. Maybe the members of the Police Commission who are elected
by the residents should then also be under the control of the politically
appointed Public Safety Commission? ... We don't think so.
If you want to help the Fire Department and have
a say in its operations, there is one fool-proof way to do so....
JOIN IT!!!!
Fire Consultant's Report Obtained
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This Report
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"The citizens of Middlebury
should be very proud and thankful of the exemplary public services provided
24/7 by the
Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department
INC. under the able leadership of Fire Chief Paul J. Perrotti."
Joseph A O'Keefe
Registered Consulting Engineer.
There They Go Again - Trying To Interfere
With Fire Department Operations.
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Read More.
Vote Against Any Charter Change
That Includes A Fire Commission!
Fire
Department's Proposal For 3 Member Financial Oversight Committee Shot Down
By
Charter Revision Commission.
I guess they just did not want to listen
to the people who lay their lives on the line.
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To Read Proposal
More About fire commission
June 1, 2007
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Board Of Selectman Re-Appoints fire
commission
The Fire Department Response
June 1, 2007
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Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department
Responds To Temporary Fire Commission
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Fire Chief Submits Petition
Signed By Almost 200 Voters
To Board Of Selectman.
Fire Department Seeks Separate
Question Regarding Fire Commission
On November's Ballot.
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More.
Seasoned Middlebury Volunteer Fire
Fighter
Michael von Kannewurff
Responds To Temporary fire commission's
Letter
Sent To All MVFD Personnel
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Here To Read Mike's Letter To Temporary fire commission.
Selectman Elaine Strobel Tells
A Middlebury Fire Fighter
She Is Against The fire commission.
If So Then Why Is She Not Voting
To End This Commission Right Now?
She Does Have The Power To Do
That.
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More Here
There Are Over One Million Men and Women
Fire Fighters (Both Volunteer And Paid) In The United States
May None Them Ever Be Treated In The
Manner In Which We Have Been Treated By Ed St John And Elaine Strobel.
It Is Absolutely Unacceptable.
You Can Do Something About It.
PLEASE VOTE THE CHARTER DOWN!
The Truth Needs Neither An
Excuse Nor An Apology!
Read The Truth About The Fire
Department
FEMA Grant
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The FEMA Grant Has Been Delivered!
The Money Is In The Bank
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PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE CHARTER
St John Tries To Stall Radio
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Also, Mr. St. John Illustrates
Why His Wall Of Bureaucracy
Has Failed And Why Residents
Should
Vote No To The Charter!!
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When asked by Firefighter Ed Cavallaro about the Fire Commission
and the Charter change
Selectman Elaine Strobel said
the following....
"I am not for it. In my
opinion it will be voted down, and if voted down we will never hear of it
again."
Elaine has it right... Vote No To The Charter
Change!
Novembver 6th, 2007
Charter That Includes A Fire
Commssion
Voted Down
Thank you Middlebury