tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post7300954454835407091..comments2023-10-22T07:35:25.268-04:00Comments on The Roanoke Fire Blog - Serving Roanokes Bravest Since 2005: The New Tradition...FireFleitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510182732268613252noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-18425341042940296332008-06-25T22:54:00.000-04:002008-06-25T22:54:00.000-04:00Sorry I wanted to take "or one of them" out of the...Sorry I wanted to take "or one of them" out of the last comment. My bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-32738520600645282762008-06-25T16:52:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:52:00.000-04:00Climb the ladder like they did!! You got too be ou...Climb the ladder like they did!! You got too be out of your MIND, or one of them. There is only 1 in the office that even came close to climbing the ladder. Most of them there probably are to scared to climb a real ladder. You are right about the perk of the job, I will give you that, but climb a ladder come on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-6233587120875427082008-06-25T10:26:00.000-04:002008-06-25T10:26:00.000-04:00White durango driver, just because other departmen...White durango driver, just because other departments do it, does not make it right. For godsake just look at all the CEO leaders and Congress they practice these same perks and it has undermind our whole economy. The people who do the producing get less every year think about it. Try to think for yourself. no insult intendedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-37819870129242642572008-06-22T19:08:00.000-04:002008-06-22T19:08:00.000-04:00No, I dont drive a white Durango and Im not sticki...No, I dont drive a white Durango and Im not sticking up for the person that does. I just want to open some peoples' eyes that MOST companies give vehichles to their upper management. If you do not understand that concept of compensation, then you never will.<BR/><BR/>And yes, education may not mean much in this dept because of the politics involved, but its certainly not a bad thing. May even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-51374836285100208692008-06-21T20:05:00.000-04:002008-06-21T20:05:00.000-04:00I think that the chief should have a car as part o...I think that the chief should have a car as part of compensation, but not all of his buddies like it has become.<BR/> It has become bad when the wives are needed to talk because of the terrible shape in which the dept has become.<BR/> To get to the point HOBACK, here is what you do. If your so confident that only 5% is PISSED, then tell the news that your going to take your own count ON THE Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-43498574037710377702008-06-21T19:39:00.000-04:002008-06-21T19:39:00.000-04:00Education don't mean anything in this dept, and i ...Education don't mean anything in this dept, and i believe you ment to say SUCK A BUNCH OF ASS <BR/><BR/>PLATO REPUBLICAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-64613547038375928052008-06-21T16:07:00.000-04:002008-06-21T16:07:00.000-04:00Do you drive the white Durango?Do you drive the white Durango?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-74718957343481735272008-06-21T11:36:00.000-04:002008-06-21T11:36:00.000-04:00Enough about the elite and their take home vehicle...Enough about the elite and their take home vehicles. Its a perk to the job. No different in any other paid fire department. Once you reach the top (or near the top) its built in to your compensation package....this is a business after all and other businesses give their top dogs cars to take home. Im not saying that it should be a brand new Durango or Explorer which is a bit excessive, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-58798870343176550732008-06-21T09:09:00.000-04:002008-06-21T09:09:00.000-04:00I saw a report on the news that stated in the next...I saw a report on the news that stated in the next year the cost of food for a family of four will go up on average $ 1500.00. That means with a 2% pay raise unless you make $ 75,000.00 a year you will have to either eat less or go in the hole. That does not even mention the cost of fuel it will take to get you to work. Think about that when you see one of the elite drive by in their city car on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-77673907829290277892008-06-20T20:50:00.000-04:002008-06-20T20:50:00.000-04:00Beating a dead horse...per usual. Nobody is heari...Beating a dead horse...per usual. Nobody is hearing what the FireFighters are saying because our voice has no muscle behind it. How about we not enter some of these houses that are not worth saving. We have a dangerous job already, there is no need to make it more dangerous so we can make ourselves feel like heroes.<BR/>All of the complaints on this website fall on deaf ears because no person Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-69519197875269957172008-06-20T16:49:00.000-04:002008-06-20T16:49:00.000-04:00You are correct about the Mill. One of my CNA memb...You are correct about the Mill. One of my CNA members called Jeff Sturgeon of the Roanoke TImes who wrote the article to ask him just<BR/>what the Authority is doing...He said they were the first people to ask him about the situation. He immediately suggested they write a letter to the editor which they did to get this in front of the citizens. Jeff reminded them the $8M that the authority paidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160857100938207878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-83764453910594056352008-06-20T13:27:00.000-04:002008-06-20T13:27:00.000-04:00did you read the paper on tuesday that had the car...did you read the paper on tuesday that had the carilion/roanoke city mills story.<BR/><BR/>-from memory, it states the city bought the mill for ~$8 million dollars<BR/>they bought the scrap yard next to it for ~$150k<BR/><BR/>-the city is going to do the environmental cleanup at who knows what cost, then seel it to carilion to $150k. what about the price of the cleanup.<BR/> the city is then Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-83723732287037594592008-06-20T08:22:00.000-04:002008-06-20T08:22:00.000-04:00Does anyone know the total amount of $$$ that the ...Does anyone know the total amount of $$$ that the city has "donated" to other organizations/"causes" since they cut our budget? I've been hearing that it is somewhere in the neighborhood of $5-$6million .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-63812149514693984132008-06-20T07:55:00.000-04:002008-06-20T07:55:00.000-04:00Maybe we should flood Mr Trinkle's site with 100's...Maybe we should flood Mr Trinkle's site with 100's of emails telling him how swrewed up this city is.I know he will not do anything about it but we can be a pain in his side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-66767462127113249442008-06-20T07:38:00.000-04:002008-06-20T07:38:00.000-04:00As a firefighter's wife, I have never been more fe...As a firefighter's wife, I have never been more fearful for sending my husband to work. My kids say their prayers at night for God to help keep Daddy safe. I laugh quietly to myself and say that We need all of the help we can get. Marie, I know, isn't scared that David won't come home. The biggest thing that may happen to him is a paper cut or hospitalization to due constipation for being so fullAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-31673831173949901562008-06-19T19:31:00.000-04:002008-06-19T19:31:00.000-04:00harumpftharumpftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-19880464292023027902008-06-19T17:42:00.000-04:002008-06-19T17:42:00.000-04:00Councilman Trinkle has a website and a list of his...Councilman Trinkle has a website and a list of his priorities or "Core Values" as expressed here.<BR/><BR/>http://www.davetrinkle.com/?page_id=4<BR/><BR/>The NOTE at the end states:<BR/><BR/>"This plan does not include the obvious day to day working of City Council and the Administrative Staff of the City of Roanoke. Such front of the line commitments and much higher priorities than some of the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160857100938207878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-27508903484022430382008-06-19T15:20:00.000-04:002008-06-19T15:20:00.000-04:00I didn't get a harumpft out of you ....!I didn't get a harumpft out of you ....!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-59165463572689850662008-06-19T13:43:00.000-04:002008-06-19T13:43:00.000-04:00harumpft harumpftharumpft harumpftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-25827728183829693392008-06-19T11:32:00.000-04:002008-06-19T11:32:00.000-04:00Roanoke City is governed with a defined pattern of...Roanoke City is governed with a defined pattern of operation. It is known as "Management by Crisis". This is Darlene Burcham's mantra. She is akin to people we all see every day. They live in a run down house, their yard needs mowed, the roof needs replaced. But, outside the house, in the 1/2 acre, unkempt yard is a 2008 Chevy CrewCab Dually, with all the bells and whistles. It is needed to pull Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11338009.post-78464078569985346182008-06-19T06:39:00.000-04:002008-06-19T06:39:00.000-04:00Core values, what is that? As long as they have sh...Core values, what is that? As long as they have shiny new take home cars and solid gold collar pins, that is all that counts. Engines falling apart, stations crumbling down.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com