Morning Links
Gray administration pushes back against David Catania's accountability plan for schools. [Post, WAMU] Council panel backs licenses for undocumented immigrants without markings. [Times] Washington...
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Deputy Mayor Won’t Rule Out Sabotage in Ambulance Fires
Relations between fire department brass and the rank-and-file are so bad that Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Paul Quander has called in the police. Quander has asked the Metropolitan Police Department...
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Four D.C. Ambulances “Repaired” With Parking Signs
At least four District fire department ambulances were "repaired" by replacing their heat shields with no-parking signs like the one above, Deputy Mayor Paul Quander is expected to acknowledge in a...
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Fire Department Investigating Chief’s Alleged Phone Grab
Today brings still more laugh-or-you'll-cry news about the District's Fire and EMS Department. While the Metropolitan Police Department investigates why two ambulances caught fire last Wednesday...
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Parking Sign Ambulance Repairs Were Made by Department of Public Works
At last, the mystery of who thought it was a good idea to repair ambulances with "No Parking" signs has been solved. The unorthodox repair methods were done by mechanics at the Department of Public...
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Fire Department Considers Encrypting Scanner Traffic
The D.C. fire department could soon follow the Metropolitan Police Department's lead and encrypt some of its radio transmissions, according to Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Paul Quander. Quander says...
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Loose Lips Quotes of 2013: Nominations
Early frontrunner Michael "Piece of the Piece" Brown 2013: what a year for words. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Paul Quander worried about something "untoward" in the ambulance fires, and Ron Machen...
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Morning Links
Colby King: Time for Reta Jo Lewis, Carlos Allen, Andy Shallal, and Vincent Orange to think about dropping out of the mayor's race. [Post] Firefighters, fire chief Kenneth Ellerbe at odds. [Post]...
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Can the D.C. Fire and EMS Department Ever Be Fixed?
Earlier this month, District firefighters’union president Ed Smith did something he hadn’t done in a while: He felt good about the District’s fire chief. Well, the District’s almost fire chief....
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Former Deputy Mayor Paul Quander Dies
Former Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Paul Quander died last night after an illness. As a deputy mayor in the Vince Gray administration, Quander oversaw several city agencies, including the...
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