Join us in a round of applause, please, for Westfield Fire Chief Joe Lyons, who had the interim tag lifted from the title last week. He had served in the temporary capacity since January and has been with the Westfield Fire Dept. since 1996. Mayor Andy Cook cited Lyons’ leadership capabilities and said the appointment is richly deserved. The women and men of WFD, according to the city, are in constant pursuit of the most up-to-date training and resources and providing the highest quality of service to the citizens and visitors of our city. We believe Lyons is positioned to lead that effort well into the future.
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Patience, you might know, is not one of our long suits. Still, we ask you to deploy yours for some changes coming to US 31 as early as April 7. Crews were scheduled to begin shifting all lanes of the thoroughfare to the east side of the roadway between 169th Street and Ind. 38. It’ll be that way the rest of the year.
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And so, the March 31 deadline came and went with much fanfare (cough, cough) for registering for Obamacare. President Barack Obama’s initiative reeled in a whopping seven million registrants. How many healthy, previously insured folks were piped aboard the Good Ship Socialist? How many were previously uninsured? We believe you can make educated guesses at answers. So, then, “If you like your insurance ….” Travesty.
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We found it interesting that the federal government actually recruited former NBA stars Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Alonzo Mourning to pitch Obamacare. On our dime, yet. Breathtaking. And we found it pulverizing to our collective intelligence that Vice President Joe Biden (can’t believe we’re using “intelligence and “Biden” in the same sentence) took to no less a platform than the Rachel Ray Show in one last appeal to gain registrants last Monday. April Fool’s Day 24 hours early? Laughable.
