tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post9002227080023567380..comments2024-02-17T07:15:53.417-05:00Comments on The Chester City Blog: The real fire fighter contract?Stefan Rootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-18194651398966990392012-10-11T09:07:38.252-04:002012-10-11T09:07:38.252-04:00Just like a cop to call the firemen big fat and la...Just like a cop to call the firemen big fat and lazy. I'll put the weight of the firemen against the weights of the cops any day. Talk about out of shape, ever listen to yourselves on a foot chase? Out of breath in less than a block. Yeah we have a bunkroom...jealous? Hard to park a firetruck somewhere to take a nap like you guys do with your cars. You suggest we drive around the city all night looking for fires and accidents? I'm sure the taxpayers would love a 4 dollar a gallon diesel fuel bill on trucks that get 5 or 6 miles to the gallon. Hopefully we are close by when you guys wreck your cars since you drive 60 or 70 miles an hour to almost every call you get. Maybe we will start driving like idiots to the police calls and scream on the radios and hype up all your calls like you do ours. <br />Don't hate because you scored too low on the civil service test to be a firefighter. At least you managed to get the cop job. And by the way, Everybody knows that god created state troopers so chester cops could have heroes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-35803658269617307852012-10-03T09:09:46.527-04:002012-10-03T09:09:46.527-04:00On PPL cleanup from City web page:
http://www.ches...On PPL cleanup from City web page:<br />http://www.chestercity.com/index.php/about-chester/chester-developments/ppl-park-stadium/ppl-park-site-cleanupAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-42450807758249521362012-10-02T20:27:07.482-04:002012-10-02T20:27:07.482-04:00Thats if you can even get one to show up first.Thats if you can even get one to show up first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-6700937036635353462012-10-02T20:25:37.110-04:002012-10-02T20:25:37.110-04:00There is grant money out there for the exhaust sys...There is grant money out there for the exhaust system. The company will even write the grant for you to get the system( which they have done). However when we have individuals in the ranks that know more then the grant writer and try to tack on more things the grant gets shot down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-54291631948938511732012-10-02T17:30:11.733-04:002012-10-02T17:30:11.733-04:00Sorry, but I can't let this blog post on fire ...Sorry, but I can't let this blog post on fire fighter contract issues turn into a Wade discussion. I'll create another post on Wade only. <br /><br />However, this is a most interesting link for several reasons. <br />1. It was 1981 before the EPA started removing waste from the site, 3 years after the fire.<br />2. 15,000 gallons of liquid waste was removed (273 55-gallon drums). This is stuff that Wade never dumped.<br />3. Of course everything on the property was considered contaminated so the tonnage of solid waste would be large.<br />4. The site was cleaned in 1987, 9 years after the fire.<br /><br />It seems the government didn't care while it was going on and in no rush to clean it up after it happened. <br /><br />In reality, the government had no laws and no money to clean this up. And Wade was allowed to pile this stuff up unchecked. It was all his fault. <br /><br />You ever give any thought to what that site would be like if there was no fire?<br /><br />Do you have any information on the ground clean up fiasco for PPL Park? Just asking. I'm stopping this discussion here. We can pick it up later on another blog post that relates to environmental pollution in Chester.Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-73292879348372700842012-10-02T14:44:10.412-04:002012-10-02T14:44:10.412-04:00What the hell does the weight of a firefighter got...What the hell does the weight of a firefighter gotta do with anything u idiot... if it was a 250lbs ff or a 90lbs ff showing up to save my ass.... I wouldn't give a shit... and by the way.. all the fat cops get k9 dogs anyway!lol. couldnt agree more about the state police.... they are here to do a job and they do it well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-40242251690079048612012-10-02T14:33:32.373-04:002012-10-02T14:33:32.373-04:00Tru dat Rootmandu!Tru dat Rootmandu!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-38808481646159942202012-10-02T14:30:44.694-04:002012-10-02T14:30:44.694-04:00http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/PAD980539407.htmhttp://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/PAD980539407.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-24786987322071468192012-10-02T14:28:20.586-04:002012-10-02T14:28:20.586-04:00http://inquirer.philly.com/specials/2000/fire/stor...http://inquirer.philly.com/specials/2000/fire/stories/fire30.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-19587223327381955722012-10-02T14:27:38.987-04:002012-10-02T14:27:38.987-04:00http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Dump#section_2...http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Dump#section_2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-50752944104042853682012-10-02T13:55:23.248-04:002012-10-02T13:55:23.248-04:00Sometimes you just have to let people vent. We don...Sometimes you just have to let people vent. We don't have many outlets that allow it. Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-36083473706463405272012-10-02T13:52:10.842-04:002012-10-02T13:52:10.842-04:00I'm missing your point.I'm missing your point.Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-89716240303927547652012-10-02T13:50:44.082-04:002012-10-02T13:50:44.082-04:00Oh. I read something different about the extent of...Oh. I read something different about the extent of pollution on Wade's land and water from the EPA cleanup reports. <br /><br />You really think the 3 years of dumping on his 5 acres compares to the dumping the other companies were doing on the land from PPL Park to the Peco building for dozens of years before he even got there? If you want to compare polluters, Wade was a small player on the Chester riverfront. There's plenty of proof of that fact. <br /><br />If he had no right to do it, why wasn't he stopped? He wasn't doing it in secret. Everyone knew he was doing it. But they continued to let it keep coming in. <br /><br />Why did he only do one year of jail time? Because he didn't break any environmental laws. He failed to prevent a catastrophe. Thankfully, due to the tragedy, laws were created to prohibit something like that from happening again. <br /><br />There's a lot of errors of judgement to throw around. In your mind, my error is the greatest of them all. I'll accept that. <br /><br />Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-58859344060245485762012-10-02T13:43:49.510-04:002012-10-02T13:43:49.510-04:00WOW!!!! what is really going on here???? I will ad...WOW!!!! what is really going on here???? I will admit thee are alot of fat firefighters...LOL....I agree that oth firefighters and police have separate jobs....You got the contract now when you going to stop the complaining. It is only fair as a taxpayer that we know whats really going on and how the City going to be paying this BIG bill.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-49872470920188082542012-10-02T13:28:21.547-04:002012-10-02T13:28:21.547-04:00They know you need it but you don't have it. H...They know you need it but you don't have it. How you going to get it?Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-8514524807275528932012-10-02T13:17:09.516-04:002012-10-02T13:17:09.516-04:00Yes you stated in your previous post and I quote:&...Yes you stated in your previous post and I quote:"I would expect that both sides would hammer out a safety program rather than a blank check which appears you'll have to fight for to get from the city if safety issues come up."<br />End quote. Don't you read your own words Rootsie???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-36691297713082294672012-10-02T13:07:28.089-04:002012-10-02T13:07:28.089-04:00Bargain for something like a state of the art exha...Bargain for something like a state of the art exhaust system they already KNOW will help keep their employees safer??? You sound like a politician now. That saddens me , just when I thought you were gaining credibility. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-67088679487997355862012-10-02T13:03:58.704-04:002012-10-02T13:03:58.704-04:00Hey Rootsie, the man was responsible for the death...Hey Rootsie, the man was responsible for the deaths of many and sickening of untold amounts of people. He also effectively turned that plot of land into a wasteland by his admitted and unfettered dumping of chemicals he knew he had no right doing. The river had been fouled for many years afterwards. C'mon man admit ya made an error in judgement. It's ok. You're human act like it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-16006732329323768062012-10-02T12:59:04.822-04:002012-10-02T12:59:04.822-04:00Prior to 1989 the city police took the residency m...Prior to 1989 the city police took the residency matter to the Supreme Court and won. It was ruled unconstitutional to tell someone where to live. Since that time deals have been made to restrict workers residency and such. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-459889109703220682012-10-02T11:41:06.428-04:002012-10-02T11:41:06.428-04:00Another jealous cop, big fat firemen... that's...Another jealous cop, big fat firemen... that's nice...all you cops are in such great shape... just don't ask them to get out of the car for anything. funny the only time a crime gets solved or actual police work is when the real police are in town... the state police. you local cops are a fucking joke..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-56159534231210086442012-10-02T11:02:47.268-04:002012-10-02T11:02:47.268-04:00It was a great tribute to a successful business ma...It was a great tribute to a successful business man. <br /><br />If our city, state and environmental officials had done their job, they would have shut down that site long before any fire erupted, right? But they didn't. So does that mean Wade had more influence and power than the mayor, governor, and US agency official? <br /><br />You don't like Wade because people died as a result of a fire at a plant he owned. I get that. However, the article was about the man who purchased a rubber recycling plant with his own money and made millions on the tons of rubber he sold - not on drums at $1.50 each. If you don't want to be reminded of that, fine. But it happened and I documented it just like the fire happened which has also been well documented. <br /><br />Sometimes I think people believe that Wade came up with the idea of allowing waste to pile up on his site for 3 years in the open for everyone to see in order to purposely harm citizens and kill fireman while everyone else looked the other way. <br /><br />Maybe he did. But I don't think so. <br /><br />Do we really need to discuss Melvin Wade here? Haven't y'all had enough of him? Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-4589211279297938272012-10-02T10:32:41.725-04:002012-10-02T10:32:41.725-04:00So why not bargain for a proper exhaust system lik...So why not bargain for a proper exhaust system like you bargain for staffing a engine? Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-87385116354176555592012-10-02T10:28:01.187-04:002012-10-02T10:28:01.187-04:00I don't expect anything from anyone. I just kn...I don't expect anything from anyone. I just know that that clause is an open ended law suit waiting to happen and will do little or nothing to get you the safety stuff you want and need. Stefan Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507926342159190494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-76263314221255754022012-10-02T07:45:29.453-04:002012-10-02T07:45:29.453-04:00I dont think they were ever allowed to move out of...I dont think they were ever allowed to move out of the city or not live in the city. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086135269585425380.post-88257777214372219082012-10-01T21:28:52.794-04:002012-10-01T21:28:52.794-04:00Still don't want to talk about your "Man ...Still don't want to talk about your "Man of the Year." Do ya Roots! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com