Sparks fly when firefighters join counterprotest in Nanuet

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From tonight's LoHud.com:

Sparks fly when firefighters join counterprotest in Nanuet

By RANDI WEINER

THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original Publication: August 11, 2007)

NANUET - Peace activists that hold a weekly vigil on Middletown Avenue today complained that the West Nyack Fire Department has been using firetrucks to support counterprotesters.

The activists protesting the War in Iraq said publicly funded equipment should not be used to make a political statement.

"They're using taxpayer-funded equipment on taxpayer's time to be partisan," George Andrzejewski said as the shiny red pumper truck sat on a grassy verge alongside Route 59, across from where he and about a half dozen protestors stood.

West Nyack Fire Chief George Drescher, whose son is set to leave for Iraq in the fall, said he wasn't being political, just showing support for the troops.

Was this an appropriate use of fire apparatus ?

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Was this an appropriate use of fire apparatus ?

Wouldn't the Memorial Day Parade also be inappropriate then?? Doesn't that parade often have marchers from past and present wars?? The Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Marines??? What about the National Guard?? That's a political statement. Should the fire apparatus be in those parades??

Seriously - I do not think that we should be in Iraq or Afghanastan, BUT... I fully support our troops... They are fighting for our freedom on a daily basis.