February 12, 2010, The Stamford Advocate
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/default/article/Stamford-volunteer-fire-chief-presents-363299.php
Turn of River Volunteer Fire Chief Whitbread lets a little know fact slip.    Ummmm…. isn’t that what we are here for?  For someone to get there quickly?  Sounds like he is more interested in playing fireman that helping the citizens of Stamford.

Whitbread said he was concerned that this plan would “relegate volunteers to a secondary role at working fires because career firefighters could get to emergencies more quickly”…

June 4, 2010, The Stamford Advocate

“The mayor’s plan creates a deeper rift between firefighters in Stamford.”
– Assistant Chief Peter Brown

June 4, 2010, The Stamford Advocate

“about 16,000 properties will likely get a $100 to $300 bump in their yearly tax bills.”
– Michael Larobina

I have never advocated anyone losing their job, in fact I went to great lengths to developp a plan that guaranteed everyone kept theirs albeit on a different schedule. I would not want to see lay offs but to be honest I would take a job to support my family even if it meant someone from SFRD lost theirs. See as offensive as this may be to some, I did not fail 786 nor did the VFDs. They chose a course of action that ended up here and now the consequences of that choice may negatively impact them, that is not my fault.
– Peter Cogliano , Belltown Fire Department

June 17, 2010, The Stamford Times

“The creation of a second parallel paid fire department goes against every good government principle and is akin to adding the bureaucracy of a second board of education or police department in Stamford. Instead of reinventing the wheel, let’s fix the problems of inconsistent turnout at North Stamford emergencies, slow response times and a misdirected focus on which company has the best and most expensive taxpayer-owned fire trucks at their firehouse.”
– Brendan Keatley, President, Stamford Professional Firefighters