tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post4968890315855980447..comments2023-07-15T17:23:38.658-07:00Comments on The Carmel-by-the-Sea WATCHDOG!: 'Carmel Firefighters need your help!'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-72506199829666055902009-04-29T19:37:00.000-07:002009-04-29T19:37:00.000-07:00Time is ticking down to what? The end of the worl...Time is ticking down to what? The end of the world?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-2055153990071914302009-04-29T11:44:00.000-07:002009-04-29T11:44:00.000-07:00The city had scheduled a meeting on April 30 and n...The city had scheduled a meeting on April 30 and now I guess the agenda item about the contract and/or the future of the carmel fire dept. is on the regular council agenda on Tuesday, May 5. Time is ticking down and it is time to bite the bullet and sign on the dotted line. <br />Enough is enough. We need to feel secure in our homes and confident the city has a sustainable fire protection agreement in place and one the firefighters support and champion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-35804168355011692072009-04-26T14:14:00.000-07:002009-04-26T14:14:00.000-07:00Carmelites like Mayor Sue McCloud doing their best...Carmelites like Mayor Sue McCloud doing their best to stall and derail a fire services agreement with Monterey cannot hide behind a call for another study. One person already prejudged any study by saying such and such organization has GPS. As if GPS is superior to local knowledge of Carmel firefighters. We should demand these folks put forward their preference for fire services and go head-to-head with our Carmel firefighters. All this concerted, behind the scenes organized effort to halt this agreement at the last minute is reminiscent of the mayor’s past machinations of a power hungry mayor deposed to getting her way on everything and anything without thought or consideration for what is best for Carmel.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-5725917958929033672009-04-25T13:20:00.000-07:002009-04-25T13:20:00.000-07:00A silent majority support our firefighters in thei...A silent majority support our firefighters in their advocacy of the fire contract with Monterey. Mostly because of the professionalism Monterey will bring to Carmel and firefighting. Carmel's dirty little secret is it is a town with a history of not being well managed. I have lived here over 25 years and the town had not had very capable city employees or very capable representatives. Things have not been consistently budgeted for, our forest, beach and streets and roads have not been well maintained going back many, many years. <br />The firefighters understand professionalism counts and contracting with Monterey will noticeably increase Carmel's professionalism. I say welcome Monterey firefighters to Carmel.RSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-55515277547149323352009-04-24T11:43:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:43:00.000-07:00Carmel firefighters have disliked Cal-Fire for dec...Carmel firefighters have disliked Cal-Fire for decades. Even they don't seem to remember why. Our firefighters are already halfway merged with Monterey in their own minds and are comfortable with what they already know. It would be nice to go along with what Carmel firefighters would like but the city of Carmel really needs to do whatever is best for residents and businesses. Nobody has ever done an unbiased comparison (Monterey did a study that is clearly biased in its favor) of whether Carmel would be best off merging with Monterey, joining a Joint Powers Agency for Carmel, Monterey, Pacific Grove and possibly Seaside and others, merging with Cal-Fire or contracting with Cal-Fire for supervisory services and maintenance allowing Carmel to continue to have a stand alone department. Monterey is trying to rush Carmel so it won't have enough time to consider what's best for the city. Maybe a revised merger with Monterey is the answer and maybe some other possibility will serve us better. Let's not rush into something because 6 of our firefighters want it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com