tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post201746632015644708..comments2023-06-30T07:39:20.662-04:00Comments on BRISTOLTODAY.COM: Zoppo blasted for "lies" and more by 5 department headsSteve Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-37993841520522330672007-08-26T23:18:00.000-04:002007-08-26T23:18:00.000-04:00Only Rush Bimboids say "mega-dittos". Thanks for ...Only Rush Bimboids say "mega-dittos". Thanks for showing your true colors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-7747428153933369052007-08-26T13:36:00.000-04:002007-08-26T13:36:00.000-04:00"Anonymous said... Zoppo doesn't hold anyone's fee..."Anonymous said... <BR/>Zoppo doesn't hold anyone's feet to the fire, if you don't do what she wants you are on her hit list. <BR/>August 22, 2007 6:26 PM "<BR/><BR/>Mega-dittos!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-23078354215646288362007-08-25T10:02:00.000-04:002007-08-25T10:02:00.000-04:00To thePrez. of the fire union.Think it`s time to ...To thePrez. of the fire union.Think it`s time to step down as the head of the LOCAL? It`s common knowledge around town that you do not represent the brotherhood at the firehouse anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-55314536020892785882007-08-25T04:20:00.000-04:002007-08-25T04:20:00.000-04:00if bentivengo was in the military, he'd be brought...if bentivengo was in the military, he'd be brought up on charges of insubordination, if he were in the private sector, his butt would be history but if ellen wins the election, he'll become her lap-dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-44186497944819992402007-08-23T05:01:00.000-04:002007-08-23T05:01:00.000-04:00Bentivengo is into Womanhood these days. Sold his ...Bentivengo is into Womanhood these days. Sold his fellow firefighters down the line to support Zoppo & caused major tense with his comments about Pose.<BR/><BR/>One brother he forgot about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-24805578185424412422007-08-22T20:56:00.000-04:002007-08-22T20:56:00.000-04:00This question is for Mr. Bentivengo, why do firefi...This question is for Mr. Bentivengo, why do firefighters talk about brotherhood, what does that mean? Obviously you don't believe in it. Is that a fairy tale?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-9178625617456916622007-08-22T19:14:00.000-04:002007-08-22T19:14:00.000-04:00You can't treat people like trash for years, abuse...You can't treat people like trash for years, abuse your elected so called power and NOT expect it to catch up to you. Someday, maybe Ellen will learn how to treat ALL people. <BR/>Until then, we all have to tolerate her rants until she is voted out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-89374534732565063972007-08-22T18:26:00.000-04:002007-08-22T18:26:00.000-04:00Zoppo doesn't hold anyone's feet to the fire, if y...Zoppo doesn't hold anyone's feet to the fire, if you don't do what she wants you are on her hit list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-25001254218528484712007-08-22T18:02:00.000-04:002007-08-22T18:02:00.000-04:00I was in the audience of a public meeting, when Zo...I was in the audience of a public meeting, when Zoppo was discussing a department head, at the end of the meeting she stood up and said out loud that the department head needs to fired. The person I was with looked at me and said did you just hear what she said and I most definitely did.<BR/><BR/>It is time someone stands up to her. Everyone knows she has it out for several department heads.<BR/><BR/>What was she going to do when Mr. Klocko's reappointment came up vote against him after they had sent that letter to personnel.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Zoppo is what corrupt politics are all about. Who needs it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-57322257950578456472007-08-22T14:58:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:58:00.000-04:00Reading the paper seems to be waste of time for so...Reading the paper seems to be waste of time for some on here. They would rather read garbage on sites rather then read the paper of a town the live in. Myabe if they attended a few council meetings or even watched them on TV they would know what Ward stands for and his issues. He is not for spending tax money and wasting it away the way Zoppo has been doing for the last 2 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-33076789591483856262007-08-22T14:14:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:14:00.000-04:00I can't let that one pass without comment.Anyone w...I can't let that one pass without comment.<BR/>Anyone who cares about Bristol and doesn't read the newspaper is a fool. You can fairly criticize the Press or any paper -- I do! -- but to argue that Ward doesn't discuss the issues while simultaneously, and rather proudly, saying you don't read the paper is ridiculous.<BR/>The way to find out what is happening in town, and to find out what our elected officials are doing, is to read the paper. That's not the end of your civic duty, but it is the beginning of it. If you don't read the paper, your opinions don't hold much weight because you can't help being largely ignorant of what goes on.<BR/>And I would have said the same long before I got a job working for newspapers.Steve Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-22544700986406556062007-08-22T13:41:00.000-04:002007-08-22T13:41:00.000-04:00"Try reading the paper once in awhile instead of t..."Try reading the paper once in awhile instead of typing on your computer all day - Ward had letters to the press on all his issues."<BR/><BR/>Okay, but maybe I'm not one of the thirty or forty people who read the Brisol Press. Where can I find out where he stands on these issues: K-8 schools; economic development; public safety; environmental protection; etc.? Ellen has her position on these issues on her website for everyone to read. Where is Art's website? <BR/><BR/>http://www.ellenformayor.com/issues.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-24577283810284046152007-08-22T13:23:00.000-04:002007-08-22T13:23:00.000-04:00Hey Steve -- why don't you resurrect the article a...Hey Steve -- why don't you resurrect the article about Art Ward abusing power a couple of years ago when he got arrested by a rookie cop for drunk driving? He was highly insulted that a cop dare to arrest him -- yelling out "Don't you know who I am?" His camp is certainly keeping that story under wraps because it shows him abusing his power as a councilman. Never did find out what happened with that arrest. I'm sure he went scott-free because he was a police commissioner at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-53531474971406297722007-08-22T08:47:00.000-04:002007-08-22T08:47:00.000-04:00But all the boys come to poor Ellen's defense beca...But all the boys come to poor Ellen's defense because she is a woman. I agree Tom should have stayed out of it. As for the letter Stortz could have sent it because we all know how much he loves Ward. Afterall Stortz and Ellen have been "working" togehter to discredit him. Ellen bad mouths anyone who does not think her way or goes against her projects. A few weeks she was bad mouthing a park commissioner.<BR/>Nice of Ellen - grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-64788255803904219592007-08-22T08:37:00.000-04:002007-08-22T08:37:00.000-04:00Everyone is soo quick to blame Art and/or his supp...Everyone is soo quick to blame Art and/or his supporters even though Art states that he didn't have anything to do with it, and I believe him. <BR/><BR/>Ever consider the other possibilities?<BR/><BR/>MAYBE Mayor Stortz sent it to Steve and is now sitting back and enjoying the show? He has the letter.<BR/><BR/>MAYBE a Johnson supporter sent it to encourage another internal battle with the democrats? They could have received the letter through Stortz or one of the department heads.<BR/><BR/>MAYBE an Ellen supporter sent it so that they could pin the blame on Art? Ellen had a copy of the letter that could have fallen into a supporters hands.<BR/><BR/>MAYBE one of the department heads that signed it sent it and didn't want anyone to know they still have not come to closure with the issue? <BR/><BR/>The possibilities are endless as to who chould be "blamed" for this letter being leaked (pardon the pun).<BR/><BR/>However, it doesn't change the original issue that caused the letter to be written in the first place or that the issue became so out of hand that these department heads felt they had to involve the personnel department. <BR/><BR/>To my knowledge none of these gentlemen have been written up or formally repromanded for poor performance or other faults within their position. Therefore there would be no reason for Ellen to threaten their positions, disrespectfully refer to them as the Fab 5 or Fat 5, or degrade them in the presence of their staff. <BR/><BR/>Elected officials should be held to the same professional standards as any employee in a municipal, corporate or non-profit company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-80323062335184461362007-08-22T07:20:00.000-04:002007-08-22T07:20:00.000-04:00Shame on you Bentivengo. The Chief didn't deserve ...Shame on you Bentivengo. <BR/><BR/>The Chief didn't deserve being referred to as part of a Fab 5 or Fat 5 and he certainly didn't deserve to have one of his own crew defend the politician that humiliated him like that.<BR/><BR/>You know what a good Fire Chief Pose is. You should have remembered that BEFORE you decided to save Ellen from her own unprofessional words.<BR/><BR/>Pose has the right to support anyone he wants just as you do, but you don't see him publicly humiliating you because you support Ellen. <BR/><BR/>When this letter came out in 2005 it had nothing to do with Art or anyone's support of him as a councilman or as a potential Mayor. <BR/><BR/>You should be ashamed of yourself as a fireman, a friend of Jon's and as a Union President. You abandoned your respect for the firemen in this town to support a politician. <BR/><BR/>You should have stayed out of it and kept your mouth shut. It wasn't your battle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-39185384240302901332007-08-22T07:09:00.000-04:002007-08-22T07:09:00.000-04:00I think that all the firemen in town need to take ...I think that all the firemen in town need to take a good hard look at this. It's VERY DISTURBING that the Union President was so quick to support a politician while degrading his Chief at the same time. It wasn't his role to say anything at all, never mind work so hard to back the actions or attitudes of a politician over his own boss. <BR/><BR/>He should have bowed out of this one instead of trying to speak on an issue that he is obviously only hearing one side too - Ellen's side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-41317988865258973842007-08-22T07:03:00.000-04:002007-08-22T07:03:00.000-04:00Disrespecting department heads to the point where ...Disrespecting department heads to the point where five of them feel that their only avenue to resolution is to involve the personnel department via a formal letter is sickening. That is definately a sign of someone that considers their power as an elected official a free ticket to do or say anything they want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-35311325726775077102007-08-22T06:45:00.000-04:002007-08-22T06:45:00.000-04:00Steve - I don't think your article was fair to Art...Steve - I don't think your article was fair to Art. You gave Ellen more line space accusing Ward supporters of sending the letter to you than you did of Art informing you that he had nothing to do with the letter. Her accusations aren't worthy of print when no one knows where the letter came from. For all anyone knows it could have come from a Johnson supporter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-41167481923890535102007-08-22T06:38:00.000-04:002007-08-22T06:38:00.000-04:00Ellen - PLEASE get off your ego trip - Art is NOT ...Ellen - PLEASE get off your ego trip - Art is NOT AFRAID TO DEBATE YOU! I am sure it just really bugs you he keeps saying NO. Now what part of no do you not understand?<BR/>Why can't you answer the questions about your scripted letter? Address what you meant by "Leaks" and "don't let Art see it" Picking and choosing who plays your game is WRONG!!<BR/><BR/>Not fooled by Zoppo.<BR/>M. A. MillerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-33818864688490812962007-08-22T06:33:00.000-04:002007-08-22T06:33:00.000-04:00Beleive whatever Ellen tells you - just because Wa...Beleive whatever Ellen tells you - just because Ward won't debate her proves nothing, except what is in your head. Ellen heard Art would not debate her until after a primary, it was then, and only then she came out with letting him pcik the questions, pick the group and place - its called a back door game by Ellen. This way she can say, "I gave him all the chances to debate me." or If Ward takes her up on this offer it makes him look as if he would only debate if he got his way. Ellen's game days are over! When the voters have their say, let we can all talk debates, until then - Ellen put your knives away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-83509364255978710292007-08-22T05:04:00.000-04:002007-08-22T05:04:00.000-04:00Try reading the paper once in awhile instead of ty...Try reading the paper once in awhile instead of typing on your computer all day - Ward had letters to the press on all his issues. We could all careless what cry baby Zoppo has to say these days - like it really matters. Her trust and honesty with voters is shot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-18499175156995515412007-08-21T22:58:00.000-04:002007-08-21T22:58:00.000-04:00"We know what Art stands for and his issues."Reall..."We know what Art stands for and his issues."<BR/><BR/>Really? Then you must be a mind-reader. I am active in Bristol politics and I have no idea what he stands for other than "it's my turn". Where can I go to read what he has to say about the issues? His website still isn't up. He refuses to debate Ellen because his inadequacies will be revealed. I realize he's desperate because he knows this is his last chance to ever become mayor, but this is pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-44621572527042558262007-08-21T21:39:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:39:00.000-04:00mickey:A 39 year old "girl"? Yes, you're right. Bu...mickey:<BR/><BR/>A 39 year old "girl"? Yes, you're right. But one that may have acted inappropriately and these people sought to take the proper action to make her stop. <BR/><BR/>Would you have preferred that Swicklas go up to her and "get in her face"? Then he'd be the one in trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-13392903241077502872007-08-21T21:17:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:17:00.000-04:00To the Pres. of the fire union Tom B.Have you stop...To the Pres. of the fire union Tom B.Have you stopped campaigning for Zoppo in all the firehouses yet? If you cared to know, not very many of the rank and file want her asMayor.Please try to make better use of my tax money than spending time that could be done doing real fire related work. Come on the taxpayers that pay your salary deserve better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com