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On the article Fire Chief's Vehicle Struck While Responding to Call
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On the article Fire Chief's Vehicle Struck While Responding to Call
Zak Koeske
11:20 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
@lee - Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about anonymous commenting. The company policy is to allow it. I have no control over that sort of stuff. I actually ran a poll like you speak of a couple years ago. The results were split 50/50. http://fairlawn-saddlebrook.patch.com/articles/should-patch-commenters-be-forced-to-use-their-real-names
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On the article Senior Housing Plan Approval, Memorial Day Grave Decoration in Week Ahead
Zak Koeske
11:36 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
Unfortunately, I don't at the moment. They don't post them online for some reason and the schedule I got from the FLHS AD isn't right either. I'll see if I can get them for you.
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On the article Council Approves 'Reasonable' Tax Increase Rather Than Deplete Surplus
Zak Koeske
9:09 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
Overall budget expenditures increased by $316,127 (0.73 percent), even though salary and wage increases (some contractually obligated, others due to a loss in recycling revenue that is used to offset recycling employees' labor costs) were $704,750. That doesn't happen without cuts/debt refinancing, etc.
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On the article Council Approves 'Reasonable' Tax Increase Rather Than Deplete Surplus
Zak Koeske
8:56 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
@Mike "Future blue and white hires will belong to a new employee tier with salary ranges that are 10 percent lower across the board." Savings are years away, but the contract was negotiated in recognition of the need to reduce costs.
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On the article Council Approves 'Reasonable' Tax Increase Rather Than Deplete Surplus
Zak Koeske
7:34 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
@fred - Council just did precisely that for all new blue and white employees. Longevity was also eliminated. http://fairlawn-saddlebrook.patch.com/articles/borough-workers-reach-6-year-contract-agreement
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On the article Tree Planting Ceremony for Flossie Dobrow Saturday
Zak Koeske
11:10 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Sorry about that. I took the location out and forgot to put it back in. The ceremony is in front of borough hall, 8-01 Fair Lawn Ave.
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On the article Council Clashes Over Creation of New Employee Title
Zak Koeske
12:33 pm on Saturday, May 4, 2013
He'll keep the civil service designation. He'll just now have the "Deputy Borough Manager" title, which is not civil service, but comes with a stipend.
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On the article Borough Offers Free Pick-Up of Construction Material Next Week
Zak Koeske
2:01 pm on Friday, May 3, 2013
Not as far as I'm aware of. You could try calling the recycling department for more info - 201-794-5304.
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On the article Fair Lawn Burglaries Concentrated West of Route 208 [Interactive Map]
Zak Koeske
1:18 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
@Sara T - The general sentiment is that the increase in burglaries (it's happening all over, not just in Fair Lawn) is related to the economy and more people falling on tough times financially. Last April, the FLPD expanded its night patrol in response to a wave of overnight commercial burglaries (here's the article on that which also touches on explanations for why burglaries may be increasing and why they're tough to combat: http://patch.com/A-s7Sl).
Zak Koeske
11:55 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
@lee - We don't know who the commenters are any more than you do, and like you said, there is currently no requirement for the email address to even be a valid one. That is apparently going to change soon, but anonymous commenters will still be allowed. I'm not entirely sure of the process for tracking down online commenters, but I believe it would involve searching an IP address, meaning that the fake email address used would not be a deterrent. I don't, however, believe there's a whole lot (or anything) that can be done legally when it comes to fighting slanderous comments.