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Re: Fiorentini wins big in Haverhill mayoral race

bigkahunah — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:15 -0000

How many hours do you actually work a week? You take the engine out to Demoulas to do some food shopping while the truck is outside running using extra fuel for someone in your group can cook for the day for everyone. Then you sit down to eat. When do you work ? Rolling out the hoses for kinks? Washing the truck? How many hours a week or a year do you actually perform your function ?

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bigkahunah — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:43:41 -0000

That was the school committee that was looking into it. "FORMER school committee person Kerry.

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Jeff Demers — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:13:54 -0000

Thank goodness people bash the firemen here for what they really are: frauds - self proclaimed "heroes" - the reality is something much different. They overpaid dregs - firemen should at max. make 40k and have mandatory retirement at age 40. Their halcyon days are over as a profession, the people have turned against them, we can't pay them and their bloated, silly salaries are a joke.

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the_hillbilly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:35 -0000

So now you don't care if firefighters work 12 jobs???

Here's a new one. Now firefighters are calling in sick to work a second job.Nice way to change the subject. Tell us small-k who is calling in sick and working a second job, give us some names. You seem soooo sure about it that you even print in caps "AND SOME OF YOU DO THAT!"

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:22:25 -0000

These fire fighters would have made great employees of the auto industry or maybe Lucent.

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:20:07 -0000

Don't cry poverty, don't cry about health care when some of you are making 100k. You look FOOLISH! You can work 12 jobs if you want but I don't want to pay your sick time so you can go out and work another job. AND SOME OF YOU DO THAT!
When was the last time you broke a sweat at the fire station besides eating the chili? When was the last time you actually ran into a house ? Most of the calls in Haverhill are burning fields and auto accidents.
Please don't try and tell us how you been saving lives this week. You chose the job live with the problems that it has as cities don't have the money. If you don't like it try another profession. I am sure you went to trade school and have a trade but then you make work up a sweat.

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:21:58 -0000

Not the occupation I chose. I had a head on my shoulders and went to school got my degrees and make what you make but don't have to run into burning houses and break a sweat :)
Not everyone has to be a grunt to make a "GOOD" living

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the_hillbilly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:16:49 -0000

Oh they get it! According to Smallkahunahs, firefighters should take pay cuts, reduced benefits and then be told by fools like you they should not have a second job. That's why common ground will never be found by the mayor and fools like yourself. You don't understand the concept of common ground.

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the_hillbilly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:51:48 -0000

You look petty bigk. Is that the best you can do is attack the so-called "hero" chit and so called "strange hours". I think a better name for you would be SMALLkahunahs, because you were to afraid to work as a firefighter.

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Guest — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:21:18 -0000

Yea but one thing about the fire-fighters owning a roofing co. or Landscapeing or what ever else they do on the side is ok with me but if they start calling in sick and can't do there FIRE-FIGHTING JOBS then thay should stick with the roofing JOB!!

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:08:24 -0000

You guys don't get it at all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:06:45 -0000

Nope and I have worked them all before too. Actually still do today. Strange meant the straight 24 hours which is a total waste of time, it's mainly set up and accepted so you can all have your carpenter, plumbing and electrical obs on the side.

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:01:44 -0000

Hope you didn't catch a cold standing out there all day with your Mitch sign !!

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bigkahunah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:20 -0000

totally agree anti !!!!!!

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taxguy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:46:58 -0000

the HFD hacks will never get it...

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Badman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:19:59 -0000

Oh my god are we beating this horse to death! Should we buy our own fire trucks too!? You want the same level of services without paying a cent more and you want that to happen by us taking pay cuts? Close the station already, I'm sick of hearing about it. We spend more on overtime than it would cost to keep it open due to mis-management but no one wants to hear it.

That olive branch is nothing more than a middle finger! What a joke.

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Badman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:14:33 -0000

When you say strange are you refering to nights, weekends and holidays? Nothing stopping anyone from getting a second job working those days to supplement thier income.

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luckylucy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:13:10 -0000

Just goes to show that people appreciate a leader who is willing to make the unpopular decisions to do what is best for the city. If more parents behaved this way with their children, oh what an improvement we would see in society.

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Badman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:09:19 -0000

Same thing I expect from the mayor.

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the_hillbilly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:21:25 -0000

Don't forget the plan to privitize the custodians at the High School.

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the_hillbilly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:14:28 -0000

According to you, firefighters are not allowed to work a second job. I get it, everyone in the private sector can work two or three jobs but god forbid a firefighter works a second job.
Go ahead and change the work hours but realize this first. A firefighter in haverhill works 192 hours a month @ straight time. Someone who works 40hrs a week puts in 160hrs a month. You can change the "strange hours" if it makes you feel better but you will have to hire a lot more firefighters for it to work.

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VICTIM NATION — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:46:25 -0000

Oh well, can't find anyone that can afford to pay more taxes. Take a turn at a cut or a turn at unemployment. Your choice. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

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Guest — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:34:03 -0000

Congratulations Mr. Mayor now lets move Haverhill on Foward and try and bring some good paying Jobs to the City not like $8.00 per Hour but $10 & $20 Bucks an hour Jobs.

Keep up the Good work Maybe you could win another 2 year Term next election..

The People Have spoken and well you know the other part I want to say is the -Blank- where left in the Dust.

But what gets me A little over 10,000 voters voted with a city of 60,000 people 30,000 are voters why is that how can we get these people to vote.

They seem to say there vote dont count or they don't care to vote in local elections?

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ChairmanOfTheBoard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:31:25 -0000

Great Job Mr. Mayor - now keep up the hard work.

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Don — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:35:05 -0000

I would like to see the unions get together and make the supreme sacrifice so I could keep my fire station open -- But that would crimp their style -- they could care less about us. When the God almighty buck gets in the way all bets are off.
Bottom line I will expect NOTHING