Mayor Tom Barrett snoozed through 11 alarm bells on the OpenSky radio scandal in the fire department. Wastewatchers is detailing all 11 alarms. So far, we see that the Mayor snoozed through the mega contract cancellation in the state of New York.
Hello, a $2 billion contract cancelation of the failed OpenSky radios, and that didn’t get the mayor’s attention? Hmm.
Now, it gets even worse.
An Open Records Investigation by Citizens for Responsible Government has unearthed over 600 pages of records.
That investigation has found that Milwaukee Fire Chief Jones was so concerned about the failing OpenSky radios that he ordered the department to begin an investigation and create a timeline of events back in September 2007.
Let’s start taking a look at more exhibits!
Fire Chief begins investigation of OpenSky after repeated failures. He begins to keep a timeline of the failures (to be published at the conclusion of this series) in case he has to make a case against implementing the system. Hello, Mayor Barrett, your fire department is investigating an $18 million expenditure that threatens fire fighter safety. Awake, yet? No? How about when they brought in the City Attorney to help?
Exhibit 50: Chief Holton Letter - Letter to City Budget Director
The Mayor failed to show leadership when New York cancelled the contract. He failed to show leadership when the fire chief launched a probe. And at nine other times during the OpenSky radio scandal, he has hit the snooze button.
Stay tuned.
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