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Resident alleges misleading fire-response claims, questions ladder-truck funding
Summary
A Long Branch resident said a firefighter-signed letter contradicts statements by the city's business administrator about a West Long Branch school fire call and asked where previously allocated capital funds went for a ladder truck purchase.
Vincent Lepore, a Long Branch resident, told the City Council on Aug. 13 that a letter signed by local firefighters contradicts statements made at an earlier council meeting by the city's Business Administrator and Public Safety Director Shirley about a West Long Branch school incident and the proposed ladder truck purchase. "Shirley stated on the public record at the last council meeting, 'no fire response happened,'" Lepore said, adding the letter includes call records he said show otherwise.
The letter Lepore referenced, which he said will appear on the "Watch Dogs and West Long Branch resident's page," lists the incident timeline: a call placed at 8:59 a.m.; West Long Branch Police Department dispatched at 9:04 a.m.; Ocean…
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