ABC7 reporter Kevin Lewis asked the daughter-in-law of Ting Ting Co if she thought her husband's mother would still be here today if the County's 911 system had been operational Sunday night. "I think so, I think so," replied June Cheung of Brookville, who was a caretaker for Co.
The session will be held at 9:00 AM on Thursday, July 28, in the 3rd floor conference room of the County Council Building, located at 100 Maryland Avenue in Rockville. Hopefully the discussion will explore failure of the Alert Montgomery system during the outage, as well. Text alerts were not sent out to subscribers until 16 minutes after the outage had ended early Monday morning. I am still the only reporter to raise the Alert Montgomery failure issue.
Of course, the tables should be turned at some point to ask the Council why they failed to ensure the 911 system had adequate back-up, especially knowing that there was only one level of backup! Did you know these clowns gave themselves a 28% raise, and that you - the taxpayer - will be paying each councilmember $136,258 each next year?
We're definitely not getting our money's worth.
For the love of God can you please get a new sign? Even use a pizza box or the bag from Burger King when you do your next youtube video for crying out loud!
ReplyDeleteIt's just a sign!! Chill.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think that the guy who is the expert on signs would have a better sign for himself.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm glad that the Council is taking action on this issue.
Too bad people had to die in order for the Council to start reviewing basic functions of government like 911 service.
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ReplyDelete10:14AM What a job! Smelling the hands of ALL the DC area reporters. Do you wear a uniform or lab coat? You *do* get paid for it, don't you? If not, it's just a creepy disturbing hobby.
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ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it seems like things get put off until there is a tragedy. And that behavior isn't limited to the county.
ReplyDeleteHow come Dyer didn't call for an investigation of the 911 system before Sunday night's tragedy? He should be arrested for dereliction of duty.
ReplyDelete1:43: Last time I checked, I'm not a sitting councilman earning $136,258 a year in taxpayer-funded salary.
DeleteHaving said that, I've repeatedly criticized the Council for failing to execute the most basic functions of government, while they spend time banning stuff and weighing in on national issues irrelevant to their charge as councilmembers. 911 is the most basic of basic functions.
"They spend time banning stuff"
ReplyDeleteYou sound retarded when you write stuff like that.
2:25: Good to know self-proclaimed supporters of Hans Riemer & George Leventhal are still using the now-verboten "R" word. Just one more reason to term limit your bosses this November.
DeleteStill waiting for Dyer to disclose how he learned of the failure of the 911 system.
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ReplyDeleteThis Building Is Very Tall And Very Vacant: NoVa's 1812 North Moore Street, 390 feet tall and completely vacant.
7:37: Classic Saul Alinsky tactics.
Delete"Classic Saul Alinsky tactics", says the guy who won't disclose how he learned of the failure of the 911 system.
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3:02PM I told him about it. I was told by MCPD.
ReplyDelete@ 8:30 AM - lol
DeleteWhat's the obsession with Dyer's sources? Am I missing something?
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