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My point is that investigating the cause of the fire is just as important as containing and extinguishing it since it can lead to the discovery of new problems and the first step in developing a solution to a problem is acknowledging it exists.

In July your union president, William Lloyd and dozens of firefighters marched into city hall complaining about firefighting equipment breaking down, putting people’s lives at risk. You just wrote that you blame "the city and chief for not having an adequate replacement schedule". Yet, when I ask if anyone in your department has any idea why there isn't a replacement schedule, you wrote, “I can't give you trends. I can only say that the city has not bought a fire engine since 2007”.

Great answer Steve. That’s analogous to putting out the fire and then packing up and leaving the scene because we really don’t want to learn what caused the fire.

The Mayor’s office stated in July that “there’s no public safety issue” and “the issue is balancing the tax burden with that of investing in new equipment and infrastructure” and Lloyd and the rest of you go away only to return five months later to complain over my informational presentation showing factual data of budgetary problems in the city.

Why hasn’t Lloyd demanded that Mayor Avedisan or finance chairwoman Wilkinson conduct an investigation into the city finances simular to what you do after a fire? Maybe it’s easier to just leave the scene after the fire has been put out and hope it doesn't happen again.

God forbid if a fiscal problem is discovered, we might actually have to acknowledge it exists and come together (as a TEAM) to solve it.