I AM FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WITH A STOMACH VIRUS, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WOULD ENJOY SOME “WEIRD” PHOTOS FROM FAILBLOG:
I did want to expand on this budget issue-mostly every city and town in the U.S is feeling the pinch-that is not news. What is news, is how these municipalities come up with solutions to get themselves through the difficult period.
I just hope that all cities and towns will continue on this path of streamlining their budgets and the way they operate even when this economic “crisis” is passed.
There is no excuse to go back to spend spend spend and paying outrageous salaries WAY ABOVE what would be paid out for the basically the same job position in the private sector.
Now a few of you wanted me to comment on the Meriden Police Officer who was fired for striking the man whom he had just handcuffed .
All I can say is: when the police signal you to pull over-PULL OVER!!
This D.A. had no business collecting $100,000 because he got punched by the cop-actually I saw two cops give him a shot-this person should thank his lucky stars the cops don’t use the billy club anymore-especially the ones with the lead in the center or worse case scenario he got shot!!
It’s one thing if you pull right away and the cop gets nasty and starts hitting you for no reason-THIS WAS NOT THE CASE!! NOW WHAT HAS THIS MAN LEARNED?? HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT THAT IS WHAT!! TOO BAD!!
I will grant you that the officer who was fired seemed to have a anger management problem-but I hate to say it, that is WHY I am not a cop-if I were a man I would have been one of two things-A COP or A BIKER-maybe both!!
I am going to link you to the video so you can see what actually happened. This A Hole gets signaled to pull over, PUTS THE CAR IN REVERSE AND DRIVES AT NIGHT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED DAMAGING PEOPLES PROPERTY, then several minutes later- the cop rams his car and finally stops him, then starts beating him up while he is still in the car.
In all fairness to the victim-that was WRONG-the cop should have pulled him out of the car and maybe handled him roughly, but when the punching led to kicking-that was overboard. But here again, we don’t know if the cop had run ins with this person before.
Also, this is the danger of video cameras in the cars. You see, these cops were so hyped up they FORGOT the camera was recording their every move.
Will we ever see this in Cheshire-probably not!!
I know the cops in our town are professional-but the bottom line is-you really are pushing it when you DON’T PULL OVER and WHEN YOU DO YOU START SASSING.
JUST TAKE IT LIKE A MAN OR WOMAN AND FIGHT IT OUT IN COURT!!
This is a person the cops SHOULD HAVE BEEN PULLING OVER. And it is funny because at the end of the tape you hear the cop saying something to the effect of “I should have shot his tires out” (sic)
That is EXACTLY what the Montreal Police Dept did recently.
The Biatch didn’t pull over, so they shot out her tires-They don’t play games up there-that is why I sent that story to the Police Chief in Cheshire-and then he replies something about the cameras recording it-WHO CARES??
The point WAS-that when ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN-THESE COPS TAKE IT!! Worry about getting on the news or someone finding out about it later.
They ended the chase before someone was hurt that was the bottom line!!
If the cops in Cheshire ever have to use the SWAT team again, please call me-I will be GLAD to go right out there with you and assist you right on the front lines.
I will stand by you ANYTIME!!!
Click here for video and story on Meriden Police Officer
To continue with the budget-I am linking you all now to my boy Lennie Grimaldi’s “Only in Bpt” blog where he is doing a podcast with Bill Curwin, one of Bridgeport’s aldermen. They discuss the budget in Bridgeport and Police OVERTIME!! The point of this is to see how another municipality, not as fortunate as Cheshire, is having to cope and also to emphasize that UNLIKE CHESHIRE, people who are affiliated with Town or City Goverment feel FREE TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS AT ANY TIME!!
I wonder, will I every get cutie pie Matt Hall to go on a Underground Town Hall Podcast?? We will have to see!!
Bill Curwin of Bpt talks about city vehicle tracking and police overtime
Finally, here is a website for Town Manager Michael Milone and Police Chief Cruess:
Its weird, we are getting rid of cars that have the same amount of miles on them that this website is offering for sale-the cars look in REAL GOOD SHAPE!! Check it out please!!
