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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
6. Quander was an incompetent hack:
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 03:25 AM
Jul 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/paul-a-quander-former-dc-deputy-mayor-for-public-safety-dies-at-61/2016/03/26/92c5f546-f2d7-11e5-89c3-a647fcce95e0_story.html?utm_term=.6a6681e576bd



Paul A. Quander, former D.C. deputy mayor for public safety, dies at 61


....When Mr. Quander joined Gray’s new administration in January 2011, he inherited a fire department long prone to controversy.

In 2013, a D.C. police officer was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident and had to wait more than 15 minutes for an ambulance, which ultimately arrived from Prince George’s County, because the District did not have enough available.

In 2014, 77-year-old Medric “Cecil” Mills Jr. collapsed across the street from a D.C. fire station and died in his daughter’s arms. A city police officer had to flag down a passing ambulance after pleas went unanswered and no one in the fire house responded, even after someone went to that station and said, “There’s a man across the street that needs help.”

Mr. Quander blamed the firefighters on duty, not the leadership of Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe. He recommended disciplinary action, but the lieutenant in charge of the fire station was allowed to retire without penalty.
Not so sure sleeping with a gun under the pillow is cool. Throck Jul 2017 #1
Same thing occurred to me. Not the best plan. NT pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #3
DA/SA is your friend. ileus Jul 2017 #7
GUN HUMPING AMMOSEXUAL COWARD sarisataka Jul 2017 #2
"She endangered everyone within a two mile radius......." pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #4
Quander was an incompetent hack: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #6
Red Alert Politics is a right-wing site- here's a link to the original story they cribbed: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #5
Thanks FI.......NT pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #8
LOL, gun under pillow, smart gun owner?? NOT! n/t USALiberal Jul 2017 #9
Red Alert Politics?? SecularMotion Jul 2017 #10
That's rich coming from someone sarisataka Jul 2017 #11
Analogous, I suppose, to opposing a Democrat if (s)he is pro-gun. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #13
Or supporting a Republican sarisataka Jul 2017 #14
Any posts I've made with links to RW sites SecularMotion Jul 2017 #15
If I understand correctly sarisataka Jul 2017 #17
Did you know they make small wheelchairs for children? SecularMotion Jul 2017 #18
I am aware, I worked sarisataka Jul 2017 #19
I'm not deflecting SecularMotion Jul 2017 #20
I am promoting nothing sarisataka Jul 2017 #21
Why did she use such foul language? SecularMotion Jul 2017 #22
That's all you've got? sarisataka Jul 2017 #23
So you're saying an armed society is a rude society? SecularMotion Jul 2017 #24
I am saying I am glad the child victim sarisataka Jul 2017 #25
It's precisely the type of disingenuous "argument"........ pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #28
Silence speaks loudly sarisataka Jul 2017 #35
Heinlein melm00se Jul 2017 #37
Correct sarisataka Jul 2017 #38
"Why did she use such foul language?" pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #29
"What could be more pathetic than the idea the criminals need to be protected from foul language?" friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #39
You've lost credibility and the argument Alea Jul 2017 #30
I'm unsure as to whether 'Pecksniffian' or 'pharisaical' best describes that post friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #40
I think it's great... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #12
No, I think RW gun nuts and their agenda fall under "extreme fringe" SecularMotion Jul 2017 #16
If what I say is actually alertable, please proceed discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #31
"Isn't always better to allow for open discussion?" Alea Jul 2017 #34
Oh wow, I think we need the feds to start counting stuff like this ExciteBike66 Jul 2017 #26
Already been done. pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #27
"...worth it..."??? Really??? discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #32
Amazing.....yes? pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #36
There have been several studies, some funded by the feds during the so called gejohnston Jul 2017 #33
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