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Permalink Reply by Donnie Mathias on February 22, 2009 at 9:41pm

Have no idea luckly have not run into that yet. Sorry you are having that issue .

Permalink Reply by Tim Wood on March 31, 2009 at 5:33pm

How did this person get into a authority role in the department if he "dropped off" I have family issues all the time and two young kiddies to manage as well as the fd. I still have no awnsers but the authoity thing bugs me for some reason??

Permalink Reply by Chief 29 on April 3, 2009 at 12:24pm

In the past couple of years we have had a changing of the guard so to speak and he volunteered to fill the vacant space of president and has definitely done some damage since he is in office.

Permalink Reply by Tim Wood on April 3, 2009 at 1:19pm

do you have elections? Sounds like you might need another change of gaurd. The cheif should run the dept. and the president sould run the business!

Permalink Reply by Chief 29 on April 3, 2009 at 10:57pm

I agree with you unfortunately the situation is a little sticky due to the personal agenda's and clicks.

Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on April 3, 2009 at 11:14pm

Yes, we don't have any one with authority causing problems but we have a husband/wife combo that thinks they should run everything. Me or another officer will ask them to do something and the response is "you ain't my boss" but due to family reasons we cant do anything.

Permalink Reply by Terry Beadle on April 4, 2009 at 9:20pm

I can relate to that and have dealt with it several times, mostly with no good results. Personality is a nearly impossible thing to deal with and that is what it boils down to. Because of the hesitents of the City Attorney to follow up on the complaints and issues this person caused or was directly involved in. This person is still working for the Department but has been pretty much given a semi+important job that kept him out of the day to day intereactions.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Thompson on April 22, 2009 at 10:27pm

I agree.....

Permalink Reply by Mark A. Duell on April 23, 2009 at 4:04pm

I would suggest just using the political system of your dept. Go to the board w/your problem and tell them how you feel and facts to back up how you feel. If you don't get anywhere with the board go to the body. When it comes to elections, remind the body to vote for the good of the organization. I also feel that officers need to take leadership training prior to being elected and voted into office. These are just my opinions.

Permalink Reply by Brian Barnes on July 31, 2009 at 3:37am

My father was a captain, soon elect chief, given his family situation at the time, he declined, I wish more would take the job a little more seriously, rather than make it a clicky social standard.