Suozzi to close down firehouses and consolidate in one place

[Special District No. ONE]

Suozzi is still after volunteer firefighters. His stupid "audit" of the special districts is nothing more than a mechanism to get rid of the volunteer firefighters, who he considers dumber than bricks and too stupid to be able to get an organized group together and vote against him. Once he gets rid of the special taxing districts that collect taxes to support the volunteer firefighters, he's start collecting the money on behalf of the county. He'll double the tax amount too. Then he'll get rid of the district volunteer firefighters and consolidate the services, sell off the trucks and equipment and close down the firehouses and form one big old brigade. Then he'll "share" expenses with Levy and move the headquarters over to Suffolk County and let the houses in Nassau just burn freaking down so he and the county attorney's new affirmative litigation bureau can condemn the properties and sell them to Charles Wang.

[Counting on it]

Yeah - Suozzi figures as long as firefighters still get their beer and broads they don't care what else happens. Too much trouble to worry themselves about things like the future of Nassau County and voting.

[bricks?]

Yeah, I wonder where he would come up with the idea that volunteers are stupid, drunks, and dumb as "bricks?" I mean, if he were to just sign on this board, I'm sure that he would read about how smart and professional we all are...

There are enough fire trucks on this island to cover the entire state.

I bet there are people lined up from all over the country who want to come and evaluate our flawless system!

How sad that so many VFF's have to rent apt's or still live at home with mom & dad because the cost of living here is too high.

I bet jumping on one of the million dollar trucks that are in every firehouse in every town has make it all seem worth it...

[So?]

What's your point? You people should be flying on brooms?

[Stupid Bricks love TOMMY]

Greg Peterson can do it better.
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Suozzi is an idiot. We all see, hear and smell clearly. We know what's going on with Suozzi's audits on special districts. Why do you think DEMOCRATS are bailing and converting to republican?Because THEY SEE CLEARLY. Suozzi is killing us and ruining Nassau County.Weitzman and Levinson and Suozzi are all full of crap. There so called audit on special districts is a useless witch hunt that will only lead to higher county taxes for all of us and less services. Suozzi wants us to pay the money to the county that we are paying now to our own individual districts. He's not trying to save us money. Then he can take that money and give it away to more high salaried, do nothing, know nothing, administrators and leave us poor, dirty and thirsty. He'll have our money and we'll have no services. I rather pay my local district - at least I know I'm getting the services I'm paying for and I can see where my money is going.
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Suozzi thinks Government is like running a business. Some way to run a business. Suozzi is paying dozens of non-nassau county residents and unqualified department heads 6 figure salary's and creating verticle managment levels and imposing dress codes on lower level workers? His patronage jobs cost the county $16.1 million a year, up $3 million in the past 2 years. The average salary for the 422 patronage jobs in his administration is over $70,000. Yeah, things cost money. Patronage jobs cost money. He retroactively adjusted their start dates too so they get the same benefit package that senior civil service workers were entitled to because of their longevity and dedication to working for low salarys over the years. He's cut services. He's wiped out whole organizations that serve the general public. He raised taxes 19.4% in 2002 and he's been raising them ever since and claims he'll need to have 2 more increases before he's done. He's decreased the police staff by 522 jobs while the gang presence on long island is rapidly gaining, and while he denied salary raises to low level civil service workers, he gave 5% increases for the 3rd year in a row to his patronage workers, whose average salary is over $70,000 for a no show job. Because of the cuts in police overtime was $28 million last year and expected to be over $35 million this year while the overtime at the jail is over $25 million. This is what tom suozzi and his democratic majority legislature has accomplished in their first term in office. God help us if there's a second term. There damn well better not be.
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Gulotta's last two years in office he made his appointed workers all take pay cuts - that's where the give backs were coming from. He went after the patronage workers instead of raising taxes first. Suozzi raised taxes and then gave raises to his patronage workers with them. Suozzi is anything but special. Our kids are going to have nowhere to play and they are going to get run out of school by gang violence. Greg Peterson is the one Tom Suozzi is up against. He is a Gulotta friend OF COURSE. They were both active Republicans. So what? Greg Peterson spent the last 6 years outside of the government limelight running a very successful law firm and practising law. In fact, his law firm where he was a founding partner is one of the top 5 largest law firms in Nassau County. He knows how to work hard and he knows how to make a profitable business work. Before that he ran the town of hempstead for 5 years without raising taxes or decreasing services and he didn't have the luck suozzi had in reaping a sales tax windfall from explosive gas prices, which suozzi also surcharged incidentally - and now is threatening to add an energy tax too as well. Peterson also managed to merge 4 town departments and completely eliminated 2 others in order to keep essential services running smoothly without raising taxes. Suozzi sees tax increases as dividends owed to him, not as a last resort like Peterson. Go ahead wise guy - vote for Suozzi again. You'll be raising your family on the coast of Georgia soon because Suozzi is chasing the middle class out of nassau county.
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Good night Irene - Good night Tom Suozzi. AND GOOD RIDDANCE.

Ummmm I hope this thread is just a joke but a CE CAN NOT just disband ANY volunteer Fire Department.
VFD's are organized under STATE law NOT COUNTY law.
Besides if he were to sell the equipment which DOES NOT belong to the county, they belong to US the TAX PAYERS, what is he going to do? GIVE A few dollars to EVERY tax payer who OWNS those vehicles, equipment, and buildings????? :shock:

[startanewfdgroup]

http://groups.yahoo.com/

[no joke here]

you cant be serious. of course he can disban the volunteers and sell the equipment. the county pays for the buildings and the equipment you use and the taxpayers money goes to the county. hes selling off or trying to sell off buildings now that have county workers in them to make money to pay for his patronage jobs.

you cant be serious. of course he can disban the volunteers and sell the equipment. the county pays for the buildings and the equipment you use and the taxpayers money goes to the county. hes selling off or trying to sell off buildings now that have county workers in them to make money to pay for his patronage jobs.

I have to ask.........
Just what is in the water you people drink over there in Nassau?????

Nassau DOES NOT pay for ANY FD item buildings, trucks, equipment etc.
The tax payers money DOES NOT go to the county for fire protection it goes to the FIRE DISTRICT you live in. DUH thats why its called fire district tax.

Your asshole CE may be selling COUNTY buildings with COUNTY workers in them BUT NONE OF THEM ARE FD PROPERTIES.

I'll say it ONE more time Fire Districts are an extension of New York STATE GOVERNMENT NOT NASSAU County government.

[medic35]

you cant be serious. of course he can disban the volunteers and sell the equipment. the county pays for the buildings and the equipment you use and the taxpayers money goes to the county. hes selling off or trying to sell off buildings now that have county workers in them to make money to pay for his patronage jobs.

I have to ask.........
Just what is in the water you people drink over there in Nassau?????

Nassau DOES NOT pay for ANY FD item buildings, trucks, equipment etc.
The tax payers money DOES NOT go to the county for fire protection it goes to the FIRE DISTRICT you live in. DUH thats why its called fire district tax.

Your asshole CE may be selling COUNTY buildings with COUNTY workers in them BUT NONE OF THEM ARE FD PROPERTIES.

I'll say it ONE more time Fire Districts are an extension of New York STATE GOVERNMENT NOT NASSAU County government.

No the protection district is not an extension of NYS, the state just set up the system. the protection district is an extension of the community and most of the deptartments are set up as contracts to provide service. If the CE wants to shut downa district he can threaten the municipalkity or town with witholding county $ and see what they do. Or, as the president of the CE organization lobby the state to rewrite the jolly volly laws on districts and put them under count control

[hose nose]

right up yours goes suozzi

[Guest30]

you cant be serious. of course he can disban the volunteers and sell the equipment. the county pays for the buildings and the equipment you use and the taxpayers money goes to the county. hes selling off or trying to sell off buildings now that have county workers in them to make money to pay for his patronage jobs.

I have to ask.........
Just what is in the water you people drink over there in Nassau?????

Nassau DOES NOT pay for ANY FD item buildings, trucks, equipment etc.
The tax payers money DOES NOT go to the county for fire protection it goes to the FIRE DISTRICT you live in. DUH thats why its called fire district tax.

Your asshole CE may be selling COUNTY buildings with COUNTY workers in them BUT NONE OF THEM ARE FD PROPERTIES.

I'll say it ONE more time Fire Districts are an extension of New York STATE GOVERNMENT NOT NASSAU County government.

No the protection district is not an extension of NYS, the state just set up the system. the protection district is an extension of the community and most of the deptartments are set up as contracts to provide service. If the CE wants to shut downa district he can threaten the municipalkity or town with witholding county $ and see what they do. Or, as the president of the CE organization lobby the state to rewrite the jolly volly laws on districts and put them under count control

Though some Fire Protection Distrcits are formed differently and may answer to the county or other local forces that be, most Fire Districts are formed under NYS Law, particularly General Municipal and Town Law. These laws are NYS Laws and not County Laws and in no way gives the County jurisdiction over the "home rule" of locally elected officials.

The CE has no authority, nor Town Supervisors have any authority, to withhold tax monies from a state law authorized tax district. As for lobbying the state to change the law, Good Luck. Hold your breath, I am sure it is coming soon.

Kinda funny. Keep hearing that his 'receiver of taxes' wants to audit fire districts, garbage and water districts, etc. What he WANTS and what he CAN do are two different things. These special tax districts fall under the State Comptroller NOT the county. Suozzi has no jurisdiction whatsoever.

[only the lonely]

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[bumps]

where was he for the past 3 years - 911 funerals for firefighters and suozzi was a no show. Better believe he'll start showing up at the parades now with a collections bucket now.

After reading many posts within this forum, the bad behavior, the illegal activities, the cover ups, the arsonists volly members, the fraud posted here and in the media. Good riddance!

[bringiton]

bringiton

nothing to hide

[Get real guys]

Everything is set up under NYS law. That's how the cops are set up too. The medical center. Everything. That's the governing law. It's not the operating law. The operating law follows the money and that's in the county charter. Just because something is permitted to exist by certain guidelines by NYS law it doesn't mean it HAS to exist and NYS isn't and doesn't fund it nor does it have to. That's local government. And guess what? Even local government law, even nassau county itself, is set up under NYS law and the NYS finance laws. You gonna tell me that means Suozzi's hands are tied as to everything in the county? Of course not. One thing has no real effect over another. The county gave the towns ability to form special fire districts which the county gives them money to operate. The other poster is right. Suozzi can stop funding it which is what he wants to do and force them to shut down. He can then run a NCFD just like a NCPD and screw that up all he wants. And that's exactly what he's looking to do.

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[Guest30]

"You gonna tell me that means Suozzi's hands are tied as to everything in the county?"

That is exactly what it means. I refer you to state and NYS constitutional law. The concept of "home rule" is what you have to reference and its' premise that locally elected officials have the responsibility to handle local matters, including fire districts. There are no provisions in the law for the county executive to exercise and control over the monies gathered by taxes for the purposes of providing funding for a duly elected and authorized fire district.

"Just because something is permitted to exist by certain guidelines by NYS law it doesn't mean it HAS to exist and NYS isn't and doesn't fund it nor does it have to."

Actually, yes it does. These are not guidelines, they are laws. There is no flexibility to ignore such laws at will; that would be "illegal". Get it. If a local jurisdiction so decides that they do not wish to exist, then the responsibility for providing such authority resides with the next higher level of government, say the "village" or "town". If the "village" or "town" can not provide such authority, then it will reside with the county. After the county, then the state. This is the concept of home rule.

An example of this would be building code enforcement or fire marshals. Towns and Villages are responsible for providing such services at the local level. They may relinquish such authority if they can not provide such services to the next level of government. have you ever wondered why local fire marshals have no inspection or enforcment authority in county buildings and vice versa. Why they do not have enforcement authority in school districts and OMRDD homes.

"He can then run a NCFD just like a NCPD and screw that up all he wants. And that's exactly what he's looking to do."

Here is the plain and simple truth. Answer this one question. If this was indeed fact, then why has not one county executive tried this in the past anywhere in NYS? The answer is, because they can't, BY LAW.

[Here's the reason]

The reason is because no other county executive in the state of new york is as conceited, self-serving, and hung up on himself as the county executive we are stuck with until november here in nassau county. If you want to be stupid and live in denial go ahead. That's your problem. Suozzi keeps chanting about how he "only" increased the county portion of the property taxes 20% and then held the line but what he doesn't tell you is that he stopped spending the money that the county normally spends on things like road and park repairs and renovations and clean-up. He tried to tell the towns and villages it was their responsibility to do all that county business, and then he forced their hand by withholding money from them for services the town does provide which is with money allocated from the county that the county gets for this reason from the state and feds. It's exactly the same thing he did to the schools by withholding their money and cutting out youth groups and social services, educational and work programs and some police activity league functions - throwing the burden on everyone else. This is what he is complaining about with medicaid. Suozzi is the biggest phony and scam artist going. He complains he has to increase property taxes because the state is withholding reimbursement money for medicaid and yet he is withholding all funding that used to go to the schools, towns and special districts. Then when they are forced to raise their taxes, Suozzi swoops in and blames them for high taxes. In the meantime, thanks to Newsdays complete lack of reporting, nobody has question what Suozzi is doing with the county money because he sure as hell hasn't been spending it on any services beneficial to the county taxpayers. We do know he has a patronage staff of $16 million that get retroactive county benefits including free, lifetime medical benefits for people 55 and over and longevity pay even though they haven't worked in the county very long and don't even live in the county. We do know he is floating a bond in excess of $50 on the pretext of land preservation, but that he wants to build high rise apartment buildings on that land instead. We do know he wants to close down our only public medical center but is floating a bond for almost $2 million dolllars to build a life science center on the Queens border on private property where LIJ-North Shore Hospital is building an outpatient facility and we know Suozzi's father is a trustee in that hospital. We know that millions of dollars in personal service contracts have been given out through IDA and that, thanks to the NY Times reporting, we learned each and every one of those contracts corresponds precisely and exactly to political contributions. We know that you can't even sell ice cream at our parks, which haven't been touched since Suozzi took office, unless you have one of those contracts and the concessionaire who did get that contract is a Democratic Party Leader. We know that while Peter Sylver stole $1 million dollars of federal money (after sexually abusing a subordinate which the Suozzi administration tried to cover up with a confidentiality agreement) that was earmarked for low income housing for poor people, the Department of Social Services housed poor people in motels and then arrested them for using their money earmarked for housing toward basics like FOOD, while Peter Sylver got off with a slap on the wrist. We know the County Attorney forced the politically connected outside counsel to kickback 10% of the fees they were owed or threatened them that they would have to wait until hell froze over before they'd get paid, and that Suozzi has now implemented a scam with his politically hand choosen independent contractors where they get paid immediately, by computer, IN ADVANCE of doing any work at all. We know that Suozzi built "employment" sites in Glen Cove for illegal alien day laborers and that they wanted to ignore the problem of illegal alien's and illegal housing by condoning the activity and simply re-classifying these slums as commercial properties to raise their property taxes which will only lead to more illegals cramming into to further sub-divided sleeping areas to pay the higher rents these slumlords will undoubtedly start charging. We know that while Suozzi has hired 422 appointees, at least 1/2 half having been reported by the NY Times as living outside Nassau County, he has reduced the police force by 522 officers and decimated the special victims unit which handles the gang activity on long island as well handles the sex crimes and the juvenile aid bureau, and we can all see that despite Dennis Dillon's denials, the gang population with all its inherent crimes, has sprung up in almost every town in Nassau County and is so bad in many areas that people are afraid to walk around alone and night and women are afraid to go to the local 7-11 alone by day for fear of being sexually harassed by drunken illegal alien day laborers. This is the quality of life that has been forced upon us while Tom Suozzi has been in office, and he has only been in office for a single term. These are the indisputable things that we know and I'm only just beginning to put it all together. I can only hope others do too before it's too late.

"We know that while Suozzi has hired 422 appointees, at least 1/2 half having been reported by the NY Times as living outside Nassau County,"

First of all, I am not quoting the whole damn thing.

Second, there are many, many people living in Nassau and Suffolk County that hold high level postions in the Metro area. So that nonsense you spewed holds no water. The county line is not the border. The end all for employment and be all living here because you say so, numnuts.

I see why the Vollies are sooooo upset about it. Because when you dig deep into the many "backgrounds"it is clear that they won't get the job if they apply. A good number of you will be kicked to the curb for your past "discretions." And god forgive if another professional comes in and tells them how, when and where. God forgive is someone else has a better modis of operation and knows how to advance public service.

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[Consolidated Topics]

Guest - H says you've been on this site since NOON - posting on every single solitary topic on this thread. You are obviously unemployed and mentally ill. You're the idiot who got your own town name booted from here because of all your stupid postings about Penso and LOL - He WON! Anyway - to get back to the topic here. Suozzi wants to consolidate all the fire districts into one NCFD like the NCPD. That means less opportunity for firemen. Paid or not paid there will be less positions available and the ones who do work will have to work under the County's control - means mandatory hours and timesheets. THEN on top of that, what if he starts bringing in City firemen like he did to the cops and just about every agency in the County. These City people who don't even know their way around, would wind up being in charge of you. No elections or voting. Just whoever Suozzi picks and that's who you're stuck with. Believe me, consolidating is NOT going to be beneficial for 85% of us.

Consolidation is not intended to benefit "us". The "us" being the current members of the fire service. It is intended to benefit those who pay for and rely upon the fire service - the taxpayer. Any shift to a paid, or part paid system would necessarily involve hiring. That hiring would need to be pursuant to the Civil Service system. Can the politicians pick the Commissioners? Yes. Every other appointment and promotion would have to be done by merit and fitness as determined by testing. Any one who is not afraid to stand on their own two feet and see how far their own abilities can take them have nothing to fear in going paid. Those shitbags who can't cut it any where except in a volunteer system will be left out in the cold. This is natural selection at work. So what if a bunch of geeks lose their hobby.

[Guest30]

"If you want to be stupid and live in denial go ahead. That's your problem. Suozzi keeps chanting about how he "only" increased the county portion of the property taxes 20% and then held the line but what he doesn't tell you is that he stopped spending the money that the county normally spends on things like road and park repairs and renovations and clean-up."

I, too, won't quote everything in the most rediculuos diatribe I have seen posted in some time. My head was spinning with your bitter resentment and position. I personally do not care what your personal issues are with the county executive, take it up with his campaign and off this board.

If anyone is living in denial, it is you thinking that in anyway he will be able to do everything that he might have mentioned in his "State of the County" address. He is coming up for re-election, and being the consumate politician, will be careful not to start anything he can not finish in that time.

Your rediculous premises put forth in your posting shows your ignorance of what is involved in the political and legal systems. Stick to what you know, which is very little.

I leave you with the following:

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, then to utter something and remove all doubt." You, my friend, have removed all doubt.

Huh?

[Nobody saves money]

Once again Suozzi is barking up the wrong tree. People are happy to pay for fire service in their districts and they want their volunteers to have the right equipment and live in the neighborhood. I do and I'm happy to pay for that. I want to know that, god forbid, there's a fire - my firefighters are coming from houses on my block or surrounding blocks from a fire station 5 minutes away with all the gear they need to safely get out the fire as fast as possible. I know some volunteers and although there may be some guys not really physically cut out enough - the volunteers know who they are and believe me - they are not going to risk their own lives by letting these guys anywhere they could be a problem. They find them something they can do without getting in the way. Consolidating districts and money and equipment is definitely not going to be cheaper - Suozzi will just keep raising taxes higher and higher and cutting services and eventually we'll have fires that spread and kill people because of Suozzi's mismanagement from some central location and guys coming in from QUEENS to call it. And anybody know why this guy guest is posting post after post after post and pretty much just carrying on a conversation with himself? He's obviously a Lyn brook volunteer who hated Pen so and I'm sure you guys know who the crazy bas tard is!

[ex-captain]

First of all..... Nassau County doesn't own any of the fire houses, most of the firehouses in some of Nassau are owned by it's members. so Suozzi can go piss up a rope

First of all..... Nassau County doesn't own any of the fire houses, most of the firehouses in some of Nassau are owned by it's members. so Suozzi can go piss up a rope

So, if the members are the actual "owners," let the members pay for it all . Let them pay for everything they need out of their own pockets and leave the taxpayers out of it.

Stop duping the general public. Pay for your own private clubhouse complete with expensive toys, cash perks, pension benefits, workers comp, and booze.

And when you "need" to place your "member logo" on your vehicles paid for by the taxpayers at the cost of 15 grand for letters and emblems, pay for it out of your own pockets, the members pocket.

Let the members cough up the money for the cellphones, the new cars and SUV's used for their own personal reasons on a daily basis.

Cough up the money for fuel, too. Cover the insurance on that out of the members pocket, and leave the public out of it. That's when you can tell others to go piss on a rope. Until then you are accountable to the general public supporting you.

Don't think for one second you are not replacable. You are. And there goes you and your over bloated ego out the firehouse door. Just don't forget to wear your white captains hat for the grand picture to hang on the wall. That'll cost you a pretty penny, too.

[I heard some dumb things]

But that last post has to be the absolute dumbest thing anybody could ever think of to post. I hope it was just one of those things you post just to see what kind of reaction you can stir up and not that you actually believe it. Do you pay your boss for letting him work for the company you work in? Maybe YOU do. It's just stupid. Besides that, the volunteers do pay for alot of their equipment and their needs themselves and they hold many fundraisers throughout the year - often times for charities other than themselves, especially if a community resident or his family gets sick or dies and needs help that way. EVERYONE is replaceable - including Tom Suozzi and that has nothing to do with the price of apples. I'm starting to think GUEST got thrown out of the Lyn Brook FD.

But that last post has to be the absolute dumbest thing anybody could ever think of to post. I hope it was just one of those things you post just to see what kind of reaction you can stir up and not that you actually believe it. Do you pay your boss for letting him work for the company you work in? Maybe YOU do. It's just stupid. Besides that, the volunteers do pay for alot of their equipment and their needs themselves and they hold many fundraisers throughout the year - often times for charities other than themselves, especially if a community resident or his family gets sick or dies and needs help that way. EVERYONE is replaceable - including Tom Suozzi and that has nothing to do with the price of apples. I'm starting to think GUEST got thrown out of the Lyn Brook FD.

The dumdest thing you could do is mis-spell "Lynbrook."

And what Vollies shell out is a mere pittance compared to what actually goes into running a firehouse courtesy of taxpayers money. Their hard earned pay. Another dumb remark from you.

Try something useful. Take a dictionary and look up the word "volunteer." I doubt you will see anything written there that a Vollie is someone who receives workers comp and a pension plan. That's the biggest con game you guys run.

And get this, since you are getting these monetary benefits, that also means you are being paid, you fraud. The average taxpaying Joe is on to this. So, take that monkey and organ grinding act on the road in your covered wagon. But pay for it out of your own damn pocket.

But that last post has to be the absolute dumbest thing anybody could ever think of to post. I hope it was just one of those things you post just to see what kind of reaction you can stir up and not that you actually believe it. Do you pay your boss for letting him work for the company you work in? Maybe YOU do. It's just stupid. Besides that, the volunteers do pay for alot of their equipment and their needs themselves and they hold many fundraisers throughout the year - often times for charities other than themselves, especially if a community resident or his family gets sick or dies and needs help that way. EVERYONE is replaceable - including Tom Suozzi and that has nothing to do with the price of apples. I'm starting to think GUEST got thrown out of the Lyn Brook FD.

Lyn Brook !!!! You have got to be from Suffolk. Even all liguored up you guys are dumber than dirt.

[No warm welcome]

Albertson FD didn't welcome Suozzi to their dinner - heard he went to the mic in dead silence and thanked them for the welcome then tried to make the rounds and got ice so he took his wife and walked out.

[STARTWATER2]

WOW! PRETTY INTERESTING THAT GREG SHOWED UP ATTHE NASSAU COUNTY DRILL TEAM CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. MAYBE THIS GUY WILL TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FIRE DEPTS ACTIVITIES INSTEAD OF SHUNNING US ALL AWAY LIKE "TOM TERRIFFIC" MAYBE THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR TOM. PETERSON COULD HAVE A VALUABLE ALLY IN THE F.D.`S

[Hose me Down]

Peterson would be a nice change over Tom Suozzi

Before Suozzi administered the oath of office to the new Nassau County Fire Commission the other night, HERR SUOZZI said he made a conscious effort early on in his term to not attend firematic functions because he was too busy working on the day-to-day operations of running and fixing Nassau County; Suozzi said the problems were caused by his predecessor because his predecessor was too busy going to firematic and every other kind of function. Suozzi said he was upset to be criticized for not attending firematic functions in the past. However, now that he has worked out a lot of the problems and has a good team around him to take care of the day to day operations, he has more time to come to functions.

SUOZZI's comments were made to a packed house of former battalion chiefs and delegates, fire chiefs, ex-chiefs, line officers, 3 Supreme Court justices, one Federal Court judge, a councilman, a Nassau County legislator, mayors and trustees from the County and dozens of fire fighters.

SUOZZI has realized (been told?) that he can not ignore the fire service of this County and be successful in hi next bid for whatever office he is going to run.

SUOZZI is a phony and now wants to suck-up to the fire service after 2 years of disrespect.

I WONDER IF THE FIRE FIGHTERS WOULD REFUSE TO SHOW UP IF SUOZZI CALLED THEM FOR HELP AT 2:00 AM BECAUSE THEY HAD THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THEIR HOMES, FAMILIES, FULL-TIME JOBS, SKYROCKETING REAL ESTATE AND SCHOOL TAXES, ETC. TO ATTEND TO? I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE ANSWER!

SUOZZI thinks the world owes him a living; I know where he can put the silver spoon that was in his mouth when he was born!

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE!
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I am surprised he made it to our firefighter dinner. He has been very busy planning a primary against his own democratic assemblyman, David Sidikman.

Bad Tom, going after one of your own!

Nassau volunteer firefighters admire loyalty, and you have none- so even if you go to our dinners, you won't get our votes!
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The point is that dedicated fire fighters GO to every call, irrespective of whether someone has disrepsected them or not, whether they support the fire service or not. Fire/Rescue calls are NOT something fire fighters ignore. WE WILL EVEN SHOW UP AT OUR ENEMIES and DETRACTORS' HOMES, AND HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO!! WE TAKE OUR OATH and the SANCTITY OF LIFE SERIOUSLY!!
But we don't have to vote for them!
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You're right. Tom Suozzi is a snake and cares only about himself. I come from a family with members who are firefighters. All dedicated, all willing to put their lives on the line, even for a snake. And Suozzi taught those he left in Glen Cove to carry on his corruption very well. Holzkamp refused...REFUSED!!!...to swear in the 1st Asst. Chief of the GC Dept. because he supported the opposition in last year's election. The up roar continues. Suozzi is a slime. So's Holzkamp. Do us all a favor, firefighters of the county.......DON'T SUPPORT HIM IN 2005!! And please tell your family and friends.

[What's bump mean?]

:roll:

[STARTWATER2]

Tom never did anything for the glen cove f.d. when whe was mayor there. He`s a phony

[guest8]

:lol:

[test2]

:lol:

[tom sucks]

Had a meeting with Tom at West St. Nassau Chiefs and Commissioners attended

Whole lot of nothing was accomplished, just passed alot of "to do" stuff to his Dep County Executive.


The moron that wants to shut firehouses is Levenson ........Tom distanced himself away from him

[TOM TURKEY]

What a joke Suozzi is, he ignors the fire service for three years and now that he's up for re-election he's concurned for the fire service. What a waste of time that meeting was.

[lloo]

Levenson is a azzhole and he came up with the idea to close fire houses

tom sucks too

[494k]

Long Island fire service definatly needs to be looked at. Closing firehouses isn't a bad idea. Combining districts isn't a bad idea. In my town, 2 firehouse are with in a block from eachother, however, one is my town and the other is the other town. There is absolutely no need for this. The county should also look at some inter-operability. We are not prepaired for anything.

[NC Vollie]

CE never dealt with volunteers felt he never needed them.

He distanced himself from Levinson because he started public airing what was being said behind closed doors.

Closing firehouses???

Has anyone ever come up with any signifigant plans for altering the way the fire depts are setup in NC?

Don't know all I know is to try and fix what you think is broken you have to take a look at the problem first and the CE has never seriously sat down and approached the volunteers with any of the statements being made on this posting.

And to try and make up for it now; Is a little too late

Let's see what happens come November

[NC Vollie]

Maybe they will close the one closest to your house?

Most Fire Departments already have agreements with neighboring towns to cover each others districts when needed called Mutual Aid because we already know that the VOLUNTEERS cannot always do it all

As far as CE closing firehouses I would like to see him try and pass that lead balloon

If he wants to lose his next election keep fueling these stupid postings because it only makes him less credible

[DUMMIES]

I'll say it AGAIN.

A CE, ANY CE, in NYS CAN NOT close a firehouse.
A CE has no AUTHORITY to.
Fire DISTRICTS and the Fire DEPARTMENTS they oversee are run under NYS law not COUNTY.

[STARTWATER2]

LOOK SUOZZZI HAS BEEN SHOWING UP TO FD STUFF NOW HE MUST BE SCARED OF PETERSON OR SOMETHING.. PLUS HE SHIT ALL OVER THE GLEN COVE FD WHEN HE WAS MAYOR THERE IF HE GETS REELECTED THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE FOR US HE`LL STILL TRY TO CUTR FUNDING WHERE EVER HE CAN ESP. WITH THE EMS ACADEMYS AND THE FIRE ACADEMY AND THE COPS.......... BUT GOING AFTER FD`S IN GENERAL TO CLOSE BUILDINGS NO WAY.... BUT LEVINSON IS THE GUY THAT`S ON THIS CRUSADE LOOK AT THE NEWS HE`S AUDITING THE SYOSSET SANITATION DISTRICTS BOOKS NOW SO SOMETHING IS COMING...................

im not complaining

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