The New Selflessness (2).
By Jim Conley • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Brookline Fire, Brookline Override, Brookline Selectmen, Previous ColumnsI suppose we could live in a community where firefighters refuse to risk injury from fighting blazes caused by the careless mixing of lit cigarettes with astroturf (as is the case with Harrison Street), but we don’t. They rush in while the careless rush out. Only to be later accused of milking the system by the princes and princesses in our (well adorned) public palace.
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The Thanks You Get.
By Jim Conley • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Brookline FireWhat is it with these people in municipal government? I mean, after 9/11 I thought firefighters would never have to demand respect from their political bosses. But as today’s march on the State House indicates, it’s not so.
Here in Brookline, the hack job [see previous post] concerning “red flu” in the Globe’s City [...]
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Enough to Make You Sick (2).
By Jim Conley • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Brookline Finances, Brookline FireI’m still steamed over the City Weekly smear job concerning “red flu” directed at Brookline Fire. It’s what you’d expect from a hackneyed town government, and a hack job newspaper section.
The suggestion behind “red flu” is that those with hoses are bilking the system. In reality, they’re using the sick days they are [...]
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Enough to Make You Sick.
By Jim Conley • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Brookline FireI guess it’s no surprise that the Globe’s City Weekly section would be the place where we’d learn of the town administration’s attempt to spread “red flu” (firefighters calling in sick) into the public. Stenography, thy name is City Weekly.
First of all, when you decide that you’re going to fund a budget line item [...]
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