Fire chief accused of falsely obtaining OT pay

Well, it’s too bad you’ve pre-judged Chief Charello.  I have known him for over 20 years.  I also know the mayor through our mutual service as call firefighters in the 1980s.  So it’s all the more shameful that he is spreading such lies in the media.  I refer not to the charge of $2,200 in overtime, but to the mayor’s pretended ignorance of how Chief Charello made nearly $90K with a base salary of $58K.  It’s quite simple.  There are 4 shifts, one chief each.  There was a vacancy of one chief for about a year that the mayor did not fill.  So the remaining 3 chiefs had to cover the 4th position for a year.  Guess what?  $58K times 1.5 is $87K in overtime, divided by 3 chiefs, each made $29K in overtime.  Add that to Charello’s pay and you get $87K, or virtually all accounted for.  The mayor is well aware of this.  He also is aware that he’s spending nearly $1M in overtime because the FD is short by 10 firefighters, and he refuses to fill the vacancies.  So that only leaves the choice of paying 1.5 times the salaries in overtime.  Lombardi could cut overtime in half tomorrow by filling these vacancies.  He knows this.  He pretends not to, because he prefers to turn you against FFs so that he can garner support for cutting them below safe levels.  Why would he endanger the public so, you ask?  Because he has a long-standing grudge against certain people who served at Station 3, and 20+ years later he is carrying out his vengeance.  The people affected know this.  Use your intelligence and question the mayor’s motives.  He also said in one media source that he took the data home in July to pore over it.  In other sources, he said he merely had the police investigate.  Have you not wondered where the dept chief is in all this?  Why would the chief stand by and let this get out of control?  Because Charlie put him there to be quiet and docile, and to let Charlie run the FD.  Twice the chief has quit, and Charlie begged him to come back.  I predict this time he will quit for good.

@tiredofri….do you really think he’s the only one doing this?  Plus, the greedy pigs making overtime.

Do you realize there are state -troopers making over $150,000/yr!!

That’s why this state is heading towards BANKRUPTCY!!

The tax climate for businesses is worse in Rhode Island than in 43 other states, according to a study issued Tuesday by the Tax Foundation.

Rhode Island ranked 44th of the 50 states — up from 46th last year — according to the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., that monitors fiscal policy at the federal, state and local levels.

The Providence Journal, Study ranks R.I.‘s tax climate 44th, September 23, 2009

IF THERE ARE NO NEW BUSINESSES COMING INTO THE STATE; THAT MEANS NO JOBS!!!

GREAT JOB GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH YOUR FREE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS YOU RECIEVE.

This morning on John DiPietro radio show WPRO-AM, a college professor of economics/MASSE said RI will be one of the last states to come out of the recession!!!  We’re headed to 15% unemployment…..yet we can’t let go any state workers, teachers, police,.....GOD FORBID….some GOOMBAH"S brother-in-law may lose their job!!

DO YOU SEE WHY??

1)  State-gov’t corruption—ethics violation—we can’t even put these crooks in jail.  The judges side with these scum.

2)  Unsustainable pension-system for state-gov’t workers, (teachers, fire, police…..)..have you seen the latest shortfall here?  Forget the budget deficit of $60 MILLION….The Pension Fund is short $1.2 BILLION….and the GENERAL ASSEMBLY said the TAXPAYERS owe this money to the state-workers, teachers, fire, and police.  Meanwhile they are all grabbing OVERTIME PAY making over $100,000/yr.

3)  Failing public schools

4)  Ineffective SCHOOL COMMITTEES!!  Get rid of these people and let the mayors, town councils handle this matter. (Rep Watson proposes this)

5)  HIGH TAXES—one of the highest in the nation….Would YOU start a company here???
BYE-BYE Rhode Island….....

Greedy Stupid SOB. Not happy with what I’m sure is a nice pay. What an idiot.