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Schaitberger Shields Ouellette?
The No-Show Consultant Yesterday, Pete Gorman, former IAFF chief of staff, disclosed that General President Harold Schaitberger was funding a no-show job from his own budget line under the label of...
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Fairfax: When Big Boys Pout
And The Evidence Mounts This is a story about a young woman dying while grown men complain about the bad news they have to hear. Oh, the agony. One guy said, ” I think it’s time for you to write...
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Gorman: Ouellette MIA?
More No Show Misspending Detailed Pete Gorman, IAFF Trustee candidate, has another installment out this week with information about a second person at the IAFF getting a regular check under dubious...
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Shocker? VPFF to Schaitberger: “No Endorsement”
Stunning Loss Our Dear Leader The Virginia Professional Fire Fighters met in convention last week and delivered a devastating blow to IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. His home state and the...
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IAFF: Who?
Bill Dane Writes: I appreciate these posts that are bringing to light the problems with the leadership of our great union. It’s obvious that change is needed from the top down in order to protect the...
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IAFF: More Dirty Laundry
Old Dog, Old Tricks Dave Anders, of North Carolina, writes, in part: “I think some of your readers will understand that you are not doing IAFF members any favors by hanging their dirty laundry in full...
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Corruption at the IAFF: OH Writes
There is no other way to air the laundry than in the open… Unless you are really secure in your reputation and position within the IAFF, your state organization, and/or your local, going against...
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Act of Honor: Flags
Taken this past Thursday, in section 30, at Arlington National Cemetery. The Cemetery, final resting place for tens-of-thousands who died in service to America, is arresting in its beauty. Away from...
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Fairfax: John Niemiec, With Prejudice
Open Mouth, Insert Feet Niemiec Statter 911 reports that Patricia Tomasello, of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) , has filed a lawsuit charging civil conspiracy, malicious...
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Fairfax & Niemiec, A Closer Look
Niemiec On Sunday, I wrote that John Niemiec said, “Many of you have seen that another lawsuit was filed yesterday in federal court against Fairfax County naming several of our members. It is...
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IAFF Corruption: MDA Fraud Revealed
Gorman Confirms Skimming and Worse Last year, I wrote how the IAFF was skimming a nickel on a dollar it collected during the annual fill-the-boot campaign taking in over a $1,000,000 it had absolutely...
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IAFF: Trouble in Ontario
Recent comments hint that all is not “sweetness and light” at the Ontario (Canada) Professional Firefighters Association (OPFFA). The OPFFA apparently sued two members over their private work on...
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Temple at Summer Sunset
Lincoln Memorial, a classic Greek temple, constructed of Colorado Yule marble and dedicated in May 1922 to honor his saving of the Union.
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Orlando: A Message From God?
Will the Preachers Please Advise? Roger Jimenez Several clergy, most notably Roger Jimenez of Sacramento, California, have invoked the Holy Bible effectively calling the murder of dozens of people at...
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IAFF: Missing In Action
Afraid of What? Our Dear Leader The IAFF is making organizational history of the worst kind as Schaitberger and his do-nothing board piss their figurative pants over who to endorse for US president....
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IAFF & MDA: Where’s “Edzo”?
Run Silent, Run Deep It has been indisputably confirmed that the IAFF under Harold Schaitberger rips off sick kids to the tune of $1,400,000 each year. That’s just about a nickel of every dollar...
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Books: Lincoln’s Citadel
The President, the City and the War The museum shop at the National Archives has to be just about the best in a city with some pretty cool ones. They seem to have something for everyone. There with a...
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Department of Distraction: “Taking Care of Business”
A Wee Bit of Political Theater Here we are in the season of presidential conventions. In time past the IAFF has been fully geared up, focused on supporting a candidate who can be depended upon to both...
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War: Flag(s), Raised
Wrong Guy, But It Doesn’t Matter Joe Rosenthal The U.S. Marine Corps this week announced that the identification of John Bradley, a heretofore Iwo Jima flag raiser was incorrect and that the actual...
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Schaitberger MDA Scandal Set to Go to IAFF Convention
“Stop Ripping Off Sick Kids” Resolution Harold the Ripper At least one IAFF local is repulsed enough by Schaitberger’s extorting $1,400,000 from kids with an often fatal illness that they have...
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