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Post by Pressure Point Cop on Apr 20, 2020 9:02:30 GMT -5
Don't know if anyone else picked it up, but in the April 10th issue of the The Chief (It gets to me in print about 2 weeks late it seems, they wonder why they have problems) they ran a small but front and center piece that the headline reads "To Our Readers and Advertisers"....in part, it reads:
"As we strive to continue bringing you the quality journalism geared to the interests and needs of government workers, their unions and those looking to find jobs in civil service that has been our hallmark for 124 years, we are asking that you help sustain those efforts. Whether by subscribing to the The Chief-Leader or advertising in our pages, please do what you can to assist."
So, I'm on the fence about this plea, which of course we know is consistent with every other print rag still rolling. The thing was started in 1924 aimed at FDNY firefighters. My Pop was Transit Authority and as a kid I always remember the Chief lying around the house. It really hasn't changed much. The writing is amateur in nature and style; they use the same stock photos that really look bad, and it seems as of late that the paper has sided with the DC37 crowd and always seems to knock the PBA and other uniformed unions. Still, it does contain information that is not found anywhere else.
I subscribe in print and digital, and the print still goes to my Dad who, at the age of 88, still punches the TA in the gut and gets his pension check, as he says, "Like Clockwork." He still likes to read it and that's the major reason I still subscribe.
Wondering what some of you think of it these days? My Dad won't be around forever and when he goes I'm thinking so will my subscription but you never know.
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Post by dustoff262 on Apr 20, 2020 9:09:22 GMT -5
The Chief always has the inside scoop on upcoming civil service tests. That alone is a gold mine if you have family looking for a recession proof job. Other than that, waddayagot?
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Post by hapd on Apr 20, 2020 9:19:45 GMT -5
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ain't that dude retired captain of police gorman a frequent writer as he was or still is for the daily ooze? he is a loon. we get it and the only thing interesting is the jobs section and article 78 decisions.
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Post by Prosay on Apr 20, 2020 9:42:04 GMT -5
It's not really a "scoop" that they get the announcements; the city sends such announcements to just about all the NYC papers (or, they used to). The NY Times used to have a section of civil service announcements a LONG time ago, including the list of promotions and transfers from the Uniformed Forces.
If you're actively involved in civil service, in a job, looking for promotion, etc., yes, the Chief is the paper to read.
HOWEVER....the Chief is historically a Left-leaning paper. The paper was founded in 1897, but in the early 20th Century is was purchased by a guy named Frank Prial, who was a well-known lawyer dealing with city union issues. The paper remained in the Prial family for decades, maintaining a solid pro-Democrat Party viewpoint. But as the Democrats started turning hard Left, so did the paper.
To the Chief, a Democrat can do no wrong, on any level of government.
And, to that point, any city union boss who happened to veer away from the Democrat talking points, even if it was just one, small issue, the paper castigated that union boss, even to the point of using their Editorials to get him or her removed from office, often successfully.
I had a subscription for years and, before that, was out the door on Tuesday mornings to get a copy. Come the early 1980s, as the city layoffs were being rectified by re-hiring, it was no use getting it, since there were still no civil service tests being given (deferring to the "Preferred Lists"), and very few promotion tests, or contracts being signed. The paper then became just another "house organ" for NYS Democrats and their weekly press releases.
That was the end for me.
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Post by overanddone on Apr 20, 2020 11:04:06 GMT -5
Combat Information Center Watch Supervisor ain't that dude retired captain of police gorman a frequent writer as he was or still is for the daily ooze? he is a loon. we get it and the only thing interesting is the jobs section and article 78 decisions. I forgot about him. You're right, he was a kook. I used to get a kick out of the self important tone of his weekly letters |
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Post by dustoff262 on Apr 20, 2020 11:23:34 GMT -5
Didnt he have a twin brother that was president of a firefighter union. The one that holds up yellow signs endorsing democrats?
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Post by fom on Apr 20, 2020 14:43:46 GMT -5
Leftee..... Loooosssseeee
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Post by RetirementIsParole on Apr 20, 2020 14:49:59 GMT -5
Combat Information Center Watch Supervisor ain't that dude retired captain of police gorman a frequent writer as he was or still is for the daily ooze? he is a loon....
And his ravings are still published almost every week. |
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Post by Pressure Point Cop on Apr 20, 2020 14:53:46 GMT -5
Was this the same LT Gorman who was the SOL with Spinella in MTN years ago? He was always a strange bird if it's the same guy.
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Post by 509thsfs on Apr 20, 2020 15:55:17 GMT -5
He claims Vietnam veteran status and is a lawyer. He's always in letters to the editor.
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Post by hapd on Apr 20, 2020 15:58:57 GMT -5
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question being-a vietnam era veteran or actually in combat in country? or a REMF? not that I was a Vietnam veteran. Post Vietnam to be exact in 77 to 81.
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Post by 509thsfs on Apr 20, 2020 16:09:52 GMT -5
He mimicked someone for being "Vietnam era"; meaning he served in country while the other guys served elsewhere. Like we had much of a choice where they sent us....1971-'75.
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Post by dustoff262 on Apr 20, 2020 16:16:51 GMT -5
There are vietnam vets, and then there are vietnam combat veterans.
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Post by capecodotj on Apr 20, 2020 17:12:17 GMT -5
The Chief always has the inside scoop on upcoming civil service tests. That alone is a gold mine if you have family looking for a recession proof job. Other than that, waddayagot? Dustoff, don’t forget about the layoffs of 1975. I never will. Ain’t no such thing as recession proof... |
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Post by dustoff262 on Apr 20, 2020 17:46:23 GMT -5
The Chief always has the inside scoop on upcoming civil service tests. That alone is a gold mine if you have family looking for a recession proof job. Other than that, waddayagot? Dustoff, don’t forget about the layoffs of 1975. I never will. Ain’t no such thing as recession proof... You have to time it right with seniority. |
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Post by Opie Taylor on Apr 20, 2020 21:57:51 GMT -5
PPC - are you thinking of the Gorta Bird?...worthy of an entire thread...
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Post by 25andout on Apr 21, 2020 1:21:41 GMT -5
I always used to subscribe to The Chief. And then as the years went on I noticed the same POS had a letter to the editor in each edition every week. Michael Gorman , retired LT, career house mouse scumbag who was also a LOY-YA.
Let mike Gorman bail out these communists
He’s the reason i cancelled my subscription & I told them that when I called to cancel. F them
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Post by Prosay on Apr 21, 2020 6:32:24 GMT -5
The one guy who used to take on that Gorman in letters to the editor was, I believe, the Transit PBA's McKechnie (or was it Maye?) after he retired. In any event, whoever it was challenged Gorman's assertions very effectively, which surprised me that the paper actually printed his letters.
I only read that Gorman's letters a couple of times, since I realized that he was only doing it to see his name in print. He reminded me of those clowns down in Times Square standing on street corners babbling very loudly thinking that people actually cared about what they were saying.
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