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Mr. Simoneau,

You’re entitled to your opinion. Follow up all you like. Once again, every single one of these promotions were already long in effect as they had already been voted on by the Board of Public safety in complete compliance with open meetings laws. What occurred here was strictly ceremonial. Again, the ceremony was paid for by us and our Union. Now, you don’t think any of the apparatus should have been there because it cost the taxpayers a minuscule amount in fuel. Well, we paid for the ceremony to be held at a hotel, thus keeping the lights off and the heat low at city hall that evening, saving the taxpayers money on the energy bill. We’ll call it a wash. And let’s not forget that what you’re saying is merely one man’s opinion. It also happens to be a minority one. The vast, vast majority of taxpayers would find absolutely nothing wrong with a few trucks outside a ceremony the Union paid for. The fact is, a very small group of people, of which you are a member, will find fault in absolutely everything and anything related to this Fire Dept. Even paying for our own promotional ceremony displeases you.