On Parents of near-drowned boy ask city for pool upgrades

Posted on July 8 at 9:15 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I would suggest repainting the lines since they are pretty faded, but putting ropes or buoys will only invite children who can't touch or swim to hang on these and use them as personal floatation devices. The best child can make poor choices at any time and we as parents need to take responsibility for our own children.

On Firefighters settle with Edgerton department

Posted on June 24 at 11:58 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

And guess what....all three have now quit! So in the end I guess it was all about the money. None of them really cared about being firemen, the community or protecting it's citizens!

On Back to business in Edgerton

Posted on December 10 at 10:20 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Very well said 021012!

On Back to business in Edgerton

Posted on December 8 at 5:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

"Although the district classifies the employees’ jobs as “drivers/dispatchers,” they currently are not allowed to drive the trucks, operate the pumps or fight fires alongside the volunteers because their training isn’t up to date."

So what can they do for the community then? I just about fell off my chair laughing when I saw the picture of someone "dusting" a firetruck. This is what we're going to be paying them for?

"But several volunteers said this week they’re happy the employees are back. They think the employees will take some of the burden off the volunteers, especially if they can eventually respond to calls, they said."

If it's such a "burden" to maintain the equipment you use then maybe your not in it for the right reasons. These comments can only be made by volunteers that don't like to work or show up that often.

“Since those guys left, they have pushed more and more and more of the duties onto the volunteers, where it ends up more like a full-time job than a volunteer-type basis,” said John Dohner Jr., who has volunteered with the district since 1993.

Uh isn't that all a part of volunteering. If you feel that it's too much work then maybe this isn't the place for you. I'm sorry but I don't see making coffee, starting trucks and cleaning out lockers so much more "helpful" for the firefighters.

Wake up and smell the "coffee" people.

On Edgerton fire chief resigns

Posted on December 5 at 4:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

FYI - I believe his decision was made long before the move to reinstate the three men.

On ‘So much up in the air’ as Edgerton firefighters return

Posted on December 3 at 1:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

To answer your question oldtimer, basically these three men will be paid glorified janitors. And did anyone else notice that they joined the union in November of 2002 and were fired in June of 2003. That's 7 months before they were let go. The lawsuit they filed makes it sound like they joined the union one day and were fired the next. Plus two of them retired and now the city has to pay to reinstate them. What kind of sense does that make? None! I commend the volunteers for all of the hard "unpaid" work they've done with the department and for the community.