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Obama the “Pimp”
US Conservatives and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Agree US Conservatives find themselves perfectly aligned with the world’s most repressive communist dictator in finding President Obama to be a complete...
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IAFF: The Story of a House
Mixing Business With Pleasure? Mr. James Franzoni, a principal at SF&C Insurance Associates, Inc., purchased a house at 5021 Brooks Road in Woolford, MD, in June of 2001. Less than three years...
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IAFF & Ethics: Resolution Time
Setting Our Union on an Ethical Course Perhaps we are catching a lucky break as the IAFF Convention begins in slightly more than two months. Once upon a time the delegates of the IAFF Convention...
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IAFF: What Would a Real Board Do?
A Sticky Wicket A wicket, of course, is the imprecise term for a wet cricket pitch resulting in unpredictable bounces and chaotic maneuvers. Our pitch, the IAFF, may be more slick than wet though the...
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Wheel Chair For Two, Please
Just in Case You Need It I finished up the week working with a group of eighth-graders from Lamar Middle School, a touch of irony or humor that was lost on both them and me. It was a superb day at...
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IAFF Ethics Update
All Silent on the “Harry and His Huppets” Front First, thank you to the 653 folks who have indicated their support for an ethics resolution at the upcoming 52nd IAFF Convention. The response has been...
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Ethics: The Darren Bates Story
What a Man Should be Remembered For As we confront the ethics crisis at the IAFF it helps to see how General President Harold Schaitberger treated an IAFF member accused of an offense as he now is....
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Hanging with the Wolf Pack
To the Moon and Back This week I toured with a group from, let’s just say, Andrew Jackson territory. Their school sent two buses and as they often are, they were divided by gender with me winding up...
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Ethics: Huppets Try a Cover-Up
Over 1,000 Signal Approval of Convention Resolution General President Schaitberger purchased a million dollar second home from a principal at SF&C Insurance Associates, a firm that does substantial...
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IAFF Ethics: Dinner Bell
$56,000 in One Year at Just Five Restaurants The median salary for a North American firefighter is about $45,000 a year. Tack on some overtime if you are lucky and then add on a second job and with...
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IAFF Ethics: Readers Reply
The Comments Over the past few months I have posted a number of articles on the anemic ethics of IAFF leaders. Along the way, a number of people have written their own views. Below is a sample....
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IAFF Resolution Two Step
Not Either, But Both Rube Goldberg is alive and well at the IAFF. For those considering the submission of a resolution to the IAFF Convention, they have instituted a requirement that can only be aimed...
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This and That: 22 May 2014
Tomb Guard Heard near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery with a British Accent: “Well, he has to pee doesn’t he?” Silvio Headline of the week From the Daily Mail:...
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IAFF Ethics: The Gold Letter
Piercing the Veil of Ethical Secrecy Laurence Gold has been retained to assist in the review of the Schaitberger house purchase/conflict of interest. Mr. Gold: My name is Eric Lamar and I am a member...
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IAFF Ethics: Some Lions Roar
The Cover-up Continues, But With a Twist The IAFF executive board met a few weeks ago here in Washington, DC. The Sunday evening they arrived, a “special committee” met in closed session with Larry...
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IAFF Ethics: Black Daze Comment
Eric, Thanks for trying to engage the membership of the IAFF. Without your provocative dialogue, it would continue to be “business as usual” for Harry and the Huppets. Even still, they believe that...
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IAFF For Sale: Lion Apparel
Lion Apparel and the IAFF’s Nicholas Del Re Three months ago I wrote of the IAFF’s fatal mistake of engaging in a financial relationship with health and safety product manufacturers. Harold...
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IAFF’s Vice President Taylor to Retire?
Report From Virginia Fire Fighters President Mike Mohler: “Fourth District, be on the lookout at convention for an announcement that DVP Taylor may be stepping down for health reasons. Coinciding with...
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Ethics: Release the Secret Report
Something to Hide? Many will know that a special committee of the IAFF executive board met recently in closed session along with an ethics attorney to review some of General President Harold...
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Ethics: DVP Romaka Weighs In
Says, “His [Lamar's] credibility is suspect once you know all sides of the Darrell Bates story.” Bill Romaka, IAFF First District Vice President, was taking me down a notch in an email to his...
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