Big Lie Theorists.
Just to edify my readers, I will post this link.
During the past few months an election cycle has taken place in the City of Methuen.
The Firefighters Union was determined to make sure their candidate wins. So they began attacking his opponent.
They started with the premise that “Big Lie” theory works.
They told a lie. Then they embellished it and began to believe it.
The lie was that Al Dinuccio had stated he would privatize the Methuen Fire Department Ambulance Service.
I searched and never found a reference in any speech that this statement was ever made.
[ed: if you find a link that shows this statement, I will publish it and retract this statement.]
UPDATE: 12/28/2011: This site, Double Talking Al, is no longer active on-line. The link does not work. Instead they have posted the videos on You Tube.
Here is the website the Firefighters Union created. Double Talking Al.
They could not even admit to owning it so they purchased private registration.
(This listing is a Network Solutions Private Registration when viewed on Whois site)
They also run the unofficial site: Methuen Fire department.com and the Methuen Fire.com
Here is the Methuen Fire Department official site.
They forgot to add a link to one of their articles, so I add it here. It is from a debate for the Massachusetts Congressional race, discussing State wide issues, not Methuen centric.
I read the site numerous times. I see that they want me to believe that they make $1.2 Million per year. My question becomes, If they make $1.2 million, why the $800,000 in overtime? Are you trying to tell us that your actual costs are $2 million in overtime? That smacks of mismanagement, methinks.
They also forgot to mention that Private Ambulance services are REQUIRED to post financial statements each year and that Municipal Ambulance Services are exempt from that requirement because the tax payer foots the bill and it is part of the budget process.
No one, that I know of, has made any derogatory remark about the level of service or training of the members of the Methuen Fire Service.