tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post5918043880560859382..comments2024-03-08T18:53:10.199-05:00Comments on The Fact of The Matter: You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours..Town Purchasing $500,000 Mobile Command CenterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-90942106749698044822013-04-11T07:04:52.664-04:002013-04-11T07:04:52.664-04:00Hey did Dave get his toy??????Hey did Dave get his toy??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-21828890977321767012013-03-13T06:40:37.074-04:002013-03-13T06:40:37.074-04:00Would love to support the Fire Department...howeve...Would love to support the Fire Department...however Dave and his friends are going to reaching deeper into my wallet so Dave can have all the toys he wants.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-73364629572628727612013-03-12T14:25:08.133-04:002013-03-12T14:25:08.133-04:00Really. Come on Mr. Blake, we do need you Really. Come on Mr. Blake, we do need you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-67253869008839403792013-03-12T14:04:05.001-04:002013-03-12T14:04:05.001-04:00Please support the Westfield Fire Department!Please support the Westfield Fire Department!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-68096753854884324412013-03-11T15:56:54.220-04:002013-03-11T15:56:54.220-04:00Makes sense to store it at Station 2....they dont ...Makes sense to store it at Station 2....they dont have enough fire equipment to put there........so tell me who makes the decision to activate the mobile command center..???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-2700043386426625582013-03-11T15:45:27.926-04:002013-03-11T15:45:27.926-04:00What the heck does the Police have on the town cou...What the heck does the Police have on the town council? We can't have enough firemen on a shift to operate a ladder truck because there isn't enough money but we can spend 500,000 on a Winnebago? Seriously!!! Mr. Blake we need you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-65646019294265449432013-03-11T08:50:12.598-04:002013-03-11T08:50:12.598-04:00Maybe Dave can transform the mobile command into h...Maybe Dave can transform the mobile command into his personal debauchery den for his extra marital affairs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-20163558832398733182013-03-11T08:47:23.459-04:002013-03-11T08:47:23.459-04:00How about a snow mobile. The new mobile command al...How about a snow mobile. The new mobile command also comes with an Odyssey 6 wheeled vehicle. It never stops. Next purchase, a hover craft. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-80512809873020280012013-03-10T07:56:25.709-04:002013-03-10T07:56:25.709-04:00Dear Santa,
I have been a good boy this year and f...Dear Santa,<br />I have been a good boy this year and for Christmas I want a submarine for the two ponds...... a fishing boat......couple of jet skies.... and an unmanned drone....<br /><br />Your Friend,<br />DavyDavynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-50900977062327536822013-03-09T17:38:45.211-05:002013-03-09T17:38:45.211-05:00Whats next? A helicopter?Whats next? A helicopter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-69904572275340143062013-03-09T11:22:09.423-05:002013-03-09T11:22:09.423-05:00Too bad you couldnt get the majority of the tax pa...Too bad you couldnt get the majority of the tax payers to withhold their local taxes if they werent in favor of this waste of their money......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-4029798073157999472013-03-09T11:04:35.509-05:002013-03-09T11:04:35.509-05:00And the DPW rides around in hand-me-downs and rust...And the DPW rides around in hand-me-downs and rust buckets..........!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-85131873241328880492013-03-08T15:20:00.847-05:002013-03-08T15:20:00.847-05:00Unlike the Westfield School Board of Education bon...Unlike the Westfield School Board of Education bond vote on turf field/school roof repairs, the expenditure for the mobile command center does not go to a public vote. <br />The next town council meeting is on March 19th at 8 pm. It appears that it will pass at the next meeting as the town council was unanimous in their vote in favor of the purchase after the first reading of Special Ordinance 2180. <br />The only recourse is for the public to speak at the next town council meeting meeting during open public comments and again at the voting polls in November when Skibitsky, Della Fera, Kimmins, Loughlin, and Haas are up for re-election. They all voted in favor of the purchase.<br />This expenditure has been kept quiet by the police department, the Town Council and Town Administrator. Even the local newspaper hid the topic in its front page story choosing to run the purchase of a less expensive generator for the DPW in the story title.<br />There was a private showing of the mobile command center for members of the town council but not the public/taxpayer. While Mayor Skibitsky and Finance Committee Chairman Sam Della Fera believe there is a need for "redundancy," or backup, to the police department's communication system, they are bypassing a more fiscally responsible purchase of a generator to backup the one used during Super Storm Sandy, when town hall lost power, which would cost several hundred thousand dollars less than a mobile command center. The mobile command center is a luxury and not a necessity during the current fiscal climate.<br />Mayor Skibitsky has been quoted that this will allow us not to have to rely on other towns. It seems that the Mayor has no issue in relying on mutual aid from other towns to fight house fires after he and the town council elected to reduce the number of fire fighters in the fire department.<br />Lastly, Councilman Della Fera stated that a mobile command center could have been used during Super Storm Sandy. TFoTM asks, "To go mobile where?" Roads were closed due to downed wires and trees, and other storm related issues. If he is suggesting that the mobile command center would have remained parked and communications could have been run out of the command center, why pay hundreds of thousands of dollars when a generator costing $50,000 to $80,000 would backup the municipal building which houses the police department that already has an existing communications/dispatch center. <br /><br />The Fact of the Matterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974695548462897645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-17476138427312951942013-03-08T14:21:49.263-05:002013-03-08T14:21:49.263-05:00This was approved on 1st reading, do the residents...This was approved on 1st reading, do the residents get to vote on this bond or is it pretty much a done deal? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-38113692414063441192013-03-08T07:58:01.325-05:002013-03-08T07:58:01.325-05:00Wish we had the mobile command center for this sno...Wish we had the mobile command center for this snowstorm today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-52326436921960304242013-03-08T06:52:59.210-05:002013-03-08T06:52:59.210-05:00Of course they deserve it...afterall the mayor cou...Of course they deserve it...afterall the mayor could have gotten a paper cut while filling out the paper work for the new mobile command post...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-64264767973592468242013-03-07T18:50:20.997-05:002013-03-07T18:50:20.997-05:00Don't let Officer Ferry drive this big rig, he...Don't let Officer Ferry drive this big rig, he might total it out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-88847043976954473972013-03-07T10:00:56.738-05:002013-03-07T10:00:56.738-05:00Dave, by giving the town council the same award I ...Dave, by giving the town council the same award I earned by working my ass off tarnishes my award. I didn't see them responding to calls at 2 in the morning or in the middle of the day when the storm hit hard. They shoul be praised for their concern for residents but no way do they deserve the same award. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-40893628419711243442013-03-07T09:57:24.876-05:002013-03-07T09:57:24.876-05:00Comments?????Dave???????like what........Comments?????Dave???????like what........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-90892972561403252332013-03-06T15:47:59.136-05:002013-03-06T15:47:59.136-05:00Wayman stepped on anyone and screwed everyone he c...Wayman stepped on anyone and screwed everyone he could to get to the top. Now that he is there he will smile all the way to the bank with requests like this one. He is a master at smiley and shaking hands with politicians all the while screwing them and they don't even know it. If only Neylan and Skibitsky and Haas knew about some of the commenta he has made about them. 21 Jump Stnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-70177080317119007382013-03-06T14:41:07.283-05:002013-03-06T14:41:07.283-05:00A handshakeA handshakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-5469202373808671992013-03-06T14:00:20.705-05:002013-03-06T14:00:20.705-05:00And the Fire Department gets...?And the Fire Department gets...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-12085643407421005332013-03-06T12:15:20.663-05:002013-03-06T12:15:20.663-05:00You have to hand it to Wayman. At least he is tryi...You have to hand it to Wayman. At least he is trying to sponge as much as he can off the town unlike Chief Parizeau and Thief Tracy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-14767019100377232602013-03-06T10:22:24.366-05:002013-03-06T10:22:24.366-05:00Hey Petey.......guess Chris and Jason suffer from ...Hey Petey.......guess Chris and Jason suffer from long term memory loss......or in Rogers case give me some stripes and all if forgivenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092698870812368405.post-57869848753004923292013-03-06T09:55:52.562-05:002013-03-06T09:55:52.562-05:00Sounds more like a I'll pat you on the back Ma...Sounds more like a I'll pat you on the back Mayor, now you pat me on the back and get me that new toy I want. This is how the suckfest between Skibitsky and Wayman continues? At our awards dinner Skibitsky told everyone how he comes from a long line of law enforcement. Typical politician. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com