By: Diane Benjamin Below are awards given to members of the Downs Fire Department by fellow members. They are mounted to the wall inside the station to the left. These awards should prove that nepotism accusations aren’t true and any promotions have nothing to do with Travis Misch and John Bettisch being sons of Board […]
By: Diane Benjamin Last night a special meeting of the Downs Fire Protection District was held. I attended and filmed the entire 1 1/2 hours. The meeting turned into a Public Comment session. That wasn’t a bad thing, a dialogue took place that needed to take place. I am convinced the firing of the former […]
I received a legal opinion that “consideration” can allow for a vote. Janice Bettisch should attend this meeting as a board member since her replacement’s term doesn’t start until May 1. By: Diane Benjamin Below is the agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting: No votes can […]
A meeting has been posted for April 19th at 6:00. Agenda says introducing new trustee and discuss going to a 5 member board. By: Diane Benjamin This morning the County Board voted to re-appoint Mark Casada to the Fire Protection Board. They also voted to put Jeff Clark on the Board even though no […]
By: Diane Benjamin I am reading over a thousand emails I started receiving late yesterday. This is one of them pertaining to the meeting last Monday: I asked John McIntyre if he said this, he hasn’t responded to my email. From another source I was assured he didn’t because John knows has no authority to […]
See this story too: https://blnnews.com/2018/04/10/downs-fire-another-side-to-the-story/ By: Diane Benjamin Two of the three Trustees attended the meeting. The chairman decided not to show up – Mark Casada. Candidates for open positions were allowed to make their case and answer a few questions. At least one candidate didn’t attend, his application letter was read by one of the […]
