Speak Up!!

First they attacked the Union Fire Company with false statements, harassed their leadership and threatened to arrest them. We are not the Union Fire Company and we didn't speak up. They continued to attack that fire company and we continued to remain silent because it wasn't being done to us.

When they suddenly called all of the township volunteer fire companies to a meeting to take away our funding because they did not properly budget, we did not speak up.

When one of the paid firefighters attacked and injured a Newport volunteer firefighter. We still did not speak up. When we learned that in addition to attacking and injuring the Newport volunteer firefighter the same offender damaged the volunteer's vehicle. We still did not speak up. When we learned that the injured firefighter was being pressured not to have his attacker arrested, we still did not speak up. When we learned that there were plenty of witnesses to the attack and still the police department did not arrest the paid firefighter, we did not speak up.

When we learned that top officials in the Department of Public Safety advised the Newport Fire Company not to expel the paid firefighter for the attack, we still did not speak up.

When they spent millions of dollars on a training center that did not meet our needs so that a few people could "have a training center first" we still did not speak up.

Who will be next? And will there be anyone left to speak up?

Remember, Evil triumphs, when good men do NOTHING!!