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"HOW DO YOU LOSE A FIRE TRUCK?"

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Anonymous Arturo Dibiasi said...

They should ship some of their workers to Jamaica.

February 25, 2013 at 5:49 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is anybody shocked by this?

February 25, 2013 at 6:25 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why would you spend money that Hartford clearly does not have to ship this p.o.s. to Jamaica?
When these apparatus are no longer safe for use as a spare, they should be scrapped. They are worn out and unsafe for anyone to use.
Supt. Smith is the expert here, not a cop. If Smith says it is junk, it is junk.
Put this idiot cop in the bucket an send him up 100 feet, see how safe he feels.

February 25, 2013 at 6:45 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That truck sat in the rear yard of 709 Windsor St (The old HTFD Mack) for the longest time, as of a few years ago. I'd bet that it never made it to Jamaica. Probably sold for scrap metal.

February 25, 2013 at 7:42 PM

Anonymous Marcus A. Garvey said...

Hartford has a high Jamaican population, and I think that they would appreciate donated life saving equipment. Fire trucks are not the only items that are sent to a island like Jamaica, ask yourselves where do all unused police equipment goes (yes even guns). They are sold for a lower fee or traded for some other sort of services, (I am not talking only Hartford, nationwide).
The sad part is that something good was done for a "poor" island, and someone finds fault. The article published in the courant does not detail that the Fire truck did arrive on the island, but this blog does clarify that. If the fire truck is on the island, then why don't they just go pick it up.
If the documents are all in correct order from the City and all involved, then it is a problem with the shipping company not doing it's job correctly.
If the vehicle is unsafe then shame on the City for sending such an item to a country struggling with its own infrastructure who are indeed trying to improve on there public safety.
Now back to used equipment, third world countries do get used items for there public safety, old police cars, protective vest, guns, fire apparatuses, fire safety equipment, even taxis. So lets not cast stones because this happens all over the united states with used equipment.
So lets see how many distasteful comments will be made about all involved in this mishap. Lets see who will make comments about others and there careers.
Mr.Lawrence from what I have been told is proud Jamaican and even more proud to be a Hartford Police Officer, of Jamaican nationality. Lawrence provides the bridge between the Jamaican consulate and the City of Hartford. So lets see how many co-workers begin throwing knives in his back.
So what is the crime, or the issue besides the truck not getting to the correct destination? Did anyone profit from this in, a, international black market way?

February 26, 2013 at 12:18 AM

Anonymous The Rock said...

Will it ever stop? Will it ever end? Will these assclowns ever get their act together? Answer: No!!!! All of these incompetent, so-called leaders, dept. heads and council members are what's wrong with Hartford. They are like having a zit on prom night, a total embarrassment. Pedro hope you liked being Mayor, because your like an 80's song, a one hit wonder. Don't you understand you have done some good things, but your being overshadowed by all of these misfit toys you keep in your sandbox.
This latest episode is a total embarrassment, you deferr to the fire dept. for an interview, who approved or suggested that move, that illiterate director, Maribel "lack of communication" La Luz. Maybe when the Fire Chief is done with his treadmill desk we can donate it to "Globo Gym" too. All of these mis steps lately and you have a case that smacks of corruption on an international level and you still approve another fire truck. Maybe if the Mayor and The President of the Council didnt get along like the Hatfields & McKoys this second truck wouldn't even be a discussion point. But, I guess when you have a council member who doesn't even live in the city and suggested a 90k salary plus expenses and a discretionary spending budget of 15 k each, you can understand why the council is in the state it in. Trying to get the council to work right is like trying to roll a toy car around with square wheels. The only suggestion I can make that's positive is to advise all of these assclowns at city hall and that includes you too Andrew "HOV Lane" Jaffe to work on your résumés because I am sure the next Mayor is going to donate these misfit toys right to Unemployment Blvd. & Pink Slip Lane,,,,If you smelllllll what the Rock is Cookin.


February 26, 2013 at 8:39 AM

Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

I have 2 suggestions;

1. The recent Council resolution giving another truck should be recinded.

2. All information concerning the truck and its disappearance should be handed off to the FBI for their investigation,since it involves a possible out of state crime.

February 26, 2013 at 10:16 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, can you please post all emails related to this? It would help to determine who knew what when and exactly what role people played in this

February 26, 2013 at 1:05 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hartford should send them our snow plows, we don't use them. They probably know how to use them better. Heck, they have a bobsled team, it's not that far of a stretch!

February 26, 2013 at 7:37 PM

Anonymous old beef patty said...

the truck is probably being used as a taco cart or playscape> why not send more down there and honestly nothing will happen to lawrence and if they do send members of ia down to jamaica to conduct the investigation then im sooo jelous bring suntan lotion elliot>>

February 28, 2013 at 12:53 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the truck is able to be used, and it sounds like it is, or the equipment is able to be used, and the city wants to help someone out, give it to one of the truly needy Fire Departments here in the US, keep the charity here.

Many departments in the south and west that operate on 6k a year. Jamaica is talking in their news articles about spending millions on fire stations, who do you think can use it more?

Blake Bowers, Chief
Lanton Fire Department
Lanton MO.
6,500 a year budget, 200 square mile response area

March 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM

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April 16, 2013 at 9:18 AM

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