Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sunday Globe Special: Firefight at the Boston Firehouse

I'm not going to be drawn into it, and I'm not going to bash firefighters today -- not when all our tax loot is being wasted on banks and well-connected corporations.

Trading the call of duty for a call of convenience
When a Boston firefighter can't make his shift, a colleague steps in, on condition the favor will be returned. But there are scores of Boston firefighters whose shifts have been covered by others for weeks or months at a time, with no record they have ever reciprocated and worked off the debt.

Just the kind of thing that would make one angry at his coworker, huh?

Related: Millbury firefighter charged in thefts

Also see: Brothers in crime, bound for brutal end

Marblehead board cuts salary for police chief