Special meeting after firefighters resign

in Onalaska the focus of a nighttime meeting probably the most important thing we have to do was select the interim chief quickly got lost in the finger pointing you to collude and do whatever you want to do the shouting you have no clue what happens you've never been a call in your life ever you don't even know how to use a radio and the name call a burs here are angry and anxious after a third of the all volunteer fire department resigned you owe us an explanation you're an elected official you work for this community our taxes pay for you to be here it started last week can you explain to us why our fire chief was fired we want him to step down as chief fire commissioners voted to have the fire chief Andrew Martin stripped of his title he's not following our direction Martin left the department and firefighters followed him in solidarity right now tonight we have two sides I mean this thing is going down them down the drain we just had an election and Bill Cassell won overwhelmingly so he must not be doing too bad now with so many off the job in this room they wanted to know what it'll mean for response times you have a moral obligation also to be truthful to us when you have issues I'm going to say it harassment harassment issues and you go to the chief to get things straightened out and he refuses to do anything about it Commissioner Bill Cassell made that claim and it brought a fed-up assistant chief to her feet oldest harassment you should be looking in the mirror from there she had her own statement I've always done my job with the highest degree of integrity and I will not compromise my values to be led by two morally and ethically correct commissioners until commissioner Bainbridge and Castle are removed or resigned I will not respond to another tone out for help another resignation right then and there taking off her uniform and tossing it on the table more proof that finding a fix for this firehouse will not come easy in Onalaska Natalie sway B King 5 news

Channel: KING 5 Seattle

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Keywords: News, Local, Meeting, Onalaska, Interim Chief, Resignation

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Length: 2min 32sec (152 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 22 2017