February 10, 2016 • 19:39 4
The D.C. Fire Department’s Medical Director tendered her resignation, effective January 29, 2016, amid frustration over blocked proposals for change stating “people are dying needlessly because the system is moving too slow”. Click here, to read the Resignation Letter of Jullette M. Saussy, and her scathing indictment of the District’s new Fire Chief.
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February 10, 2016 • 18:24 Comments Off on THE “POLL” IS NOW CLOSED 🙏
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February 6, 2016 • 12:58 Comments Off on Cost over Concern!
Commentary by: Jillian A. Cohen | ja_cohen@theconcernedcitizen.net
“It’s ten after ten on a Wednesday morning and a stabbing victim is in cardiac arrest. Where are all the ambulances?” This pic and statement, released by Paul Wagner on Twitter, exposes three deep rooted problems that have plagued this city for years, in my estimation.
Number 1: City official’s refusal to implement an ongoing media campaign focusing on public awareness with a concentration on the proper use of our 911 system.
Number 2: City official’s unwillingness to admit policy failures and reverse same. Such as; The DCFEMS’s Dual Role training program, which effectively forces firemen to become medical personnel. As a former paramedic, I believe this program is counter productive. Firefighting is a science, a hard enough craft to perfect in it’s own rite. Pre-med, which is what EMT’s and Paramedics practice on a daily basis, is like fire science in that the discipline is just as hard to learn and as challenging to get right, especially on the streets of DC in emergency situations.
Number 3: City official’s failure to act in a responsible manner to purchase enough ems units to cover a city of this size, (especially when citizens are allowed to call 911 and request an ambulance for finger rings that are to tight, or even a doctor’s appointment), and to hire and/or train enough personnel to man the units in order to keep the 2 aforementioned disciplines totally separate like they were years ago when the entire 911 system seemed to work better. In those days the 911 system itself operated as 2 separate disciplines, MPD and Fire.
Again, our elected officials chose the Cost over Concern for the safety of the citizens and visitors of the Nation’s Capital.
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February 6, 2016 • 10:25 1
Last Thursday, Vincent Gray announced that he will run for the D.C. Council, effectively beginning his political comeback.![800px-Vincentgray[1]](https://datelinedc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/800px-vincentgray1.jpg?w=125&h=150)
Gray lost his attempt to be re-elected, to current Mayor Muriel Bowser, after a federal prosecutor accused him of having an illegal slush fund that helped him get elected in 2010. Six of Gray’s campaign workers eventually pled guilty to felonies; however, Gray maintains he did not know his aides were breaking any laws.
Mark Plotkin, political commentator and longtime friend of Gray said…
“I think his plan, although he won’t admit to it, is exactly similar to Barry: to serve two years in office and then run for mayor. Vincent is definitely not the president of the Muriel Bowser fan club, and she is not the president of his. They really detest each other.”
Will concerned citizens in the District support Gray for mayor again, what do you think DC?
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Dateline: Washington, D.C. 
February 7, 2016 • 21:29 4
5 Labor Laws your Agency may be violating:
Commentary by: Alison Green, US News and World Report
Listed in this report are the most common ways that managers and supervisors break workplace labor laws, some of them being so common that most employees don’t even realize their rights are being violated. Take a look and see if you spot anything here that your Agency should be doing differently. (click here)
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