Archive for December2014
DCFD, the West End and “Air Rights”
Washington’s West End is tucked in between Foggy Bottom and the Dupont/Kalorama neighborhoods. It also perches on the edge of the now fashionable Georgetown. Early on the area was a modest Black neighborhood though many homeowners sold their properties there during the housing crunch created by the New Deal and Second World War. Today the […]
Some Kimchi Blow Back
Sony “Un” Done Leave it to Hollywood to assume that they can make a film depicting the assassination of the world’s most vicious dictator and that he would happily go along with it, perhaps in the spirit of Christmas. Not. North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, gastric-banded dictator and cheese fanatic, is reportedly behind the hacking of Sony’s IT […]
Politics and Patriotism: Torture, Religion & Truth
This week the US Senate released a report detailing CIA abuses related to torture and other mistreatment of detainees. Partisan lines are drawn around the issue of the disclosure of the report where some suggest that disclosure is un-American and aiding the enemy. Suddenly it’s patriotic to be pro-torture and anti-truth. Tim McVeigh would be […]
Ferguson: Two Wrongs, No Right
Michael Brown The video of the theft using force and violence from the shop is crucial. It proves that Brown was capable of aggressive, threatening and physical behavior. It also clearly shows his demeanor in the minutes leading up to the shooting. He was lucky that the clerk did not have or choose to use […]
Eric Lamar
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Schaitberger Bankrupts Pension Fund
To All: Sometimes people get away with and control things for so long, they never think they will get caught. Harold's motto has alway been: "DO IT, UNTIL YOU GET CAUGHT!" I know this on a personal level as it related to me. In our society we see all too often, people that are corrupt…
2020-04-11 15:55:54
IAFF: Schaitberger Issues Statement
Every IAFF local from the smallest to the biggest should conduct an audit of their finances. I'm not talking about the mandatory routine mail-it in audits that never produce any information good, bad, or otherwise. I am talking about a forensic audit of all union monies from an outside auditor. Most locals will find nothing,…
2020-04-09 13:35:38
FDNY’s Hagan: Schaitberger = Treason
I know Al Hagan for over 40 years and if he says the IAFF needs transparency be sure the IAFF needs full transparency. Al was one of the best President’s of the UFOA not to mention a great leader of Ladder 43 located in Spanish Harlem. Jack Culkin
2020-04-03 16:50:53
FDNY’s Hagan: Schaitberger = Treason
I know Al Hagan for over 40 years and if he says the IAFF needs transparency be sure the IAFF needs full transparency. Al was one of the best President’s of the UFOA not to mention a great leader of Ladder 43 located in Spanish Harlem. Respectfully, Jack Culkin
2020-04-03 16:48:54
The Edzo Strikes Back
I am deeply saddened by what is taking place inside the IAFF. If these claims are factual we as members deserve a full and open explanation. Each and every Local officer should receive a detailed accounting of what has taken place and what the future holds for our once great brotherhood. We stand Union strong…
2020-03-31 01:13:50
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