Comments on: Congress Street Bridge Solution? Relocate Fire Headquarters

By: city hall smoker

city hall smoker — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:05:13 +0000

Imagine that! Have a nice day, citizen.

By: Joel Gonzalez

Joel Gonzalez — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:36:48 +0000

I’ve been busy catching up with all the little important things I had to do around the house and my transportation means. While you all went home–drunk driving–after the OIB party, I was dealing with about a year’s worth of neglect. I still have much to do, but it’s tough getting help as a Republican. If anyone has Lennie’s address, please share it with me so I can kidnap “Stinky” and keep him in my basement to deal with those elusive mice. Can’t survive on “Woodpeckers” alone.
Move the Fire Headquarters to increase response time?
Wouldn’t that decrease the response time for others living in the opposite direction from the suggested sites? If the Fire Headquarters were moved, will the firemen get to a fire at the City Trust Building just as fast as they would had they been left where they were? It sounds like some of you guys are still drunk from the OIB party.
Talking about fire, what’s up with the “Shadow Committee” and their effort to talk about fire safety in P.T. Barnum alone? Has anyone gone to the Green’s Housing projects? Check out the condition of the fire escape stairs–bring a breathing mask–and while you are there, check out the sprinkler system plumbing running through all the floors in the fire escape stairs. Fire prevention and education is the key, but how can one prevent when no one pays attention to the obvious? I’ll try to come back and maybe make some 2010 predictions. It’s easy to make predictions when so much is transparent.
For the record, it is not true that I had made a deal not to blog at OIB in return for John Gomes’s position.
I think I had made it clear in the past that I will consider such a deal for the weights and measures position.

By: ctcitizen

ctcitizen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:55:07 +0000

How would one judge an applicant based upon gender? I am not saying the Female who has applied isn’t qualified for this position. I am saying there were more candidates who have enormous experience/knowledge with the construction/maintenance of these buildings. Also, you shouldn’t judge John Marsilio because of Joe Ganim’s legal problems. When John was the Director of P.F. he and his deputy John Cottell brought a lot of knowledge and organization to the dept. Either individual mentioned here would be an outstanding choice to head BOE maintenance! I will say this: Should either John get this position, accountability is for sure on the horizon to each and every employee! So the slackers need to get ready because these guys are all about business, not bullshit! This is what the BOE needs … Imagine that, CHS and I agree on something?

By: Joel Gonzalez

Joel Gonzalez — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:48:27 +0000

Ouch! www .msnbc.msn.com/id/34451672/ns/politics-white_house

By: anna

anna — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:03:47 +0000

Oh.

By: LennieGrimaldi

LennieGrimaldi — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:01:17 +0000

Enlightened, after reading that I need to see my shrink.

By: enlightened

enlightened — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:58:46 +0000

Mr. Gilmore:

Your suggestions are just the formula for leading the city forward from the crossroads of the present to the future of our founding fathers.

For example, from the first tee at Riverfront Park our golfers can take paddleboats to the landing zone of the first hole on the east side of the Pequonnock River.

In the warm-water months of August and September the same paddleboats can carry diving parties from as far away as Ansonia to explore the harbor depths in search of Westinghouse washing machines, Kenmore dryers, other appliances of exotic origin, let alone the wrecks of various automobile chassis arranged to recall the community’s industrial heritage while serving the vital task of maintaining the piscatorial paradise and crusty New England bounty of lobster, crab, clam and wood-boring mollusks of our waters.

Thank you.