Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $42,155
52%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $775 to reach 53%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: 911floatflap

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Racine firefighter quits union over 9-11 flap

    07/13/2011 2:46:42 PM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 20 replies
    JSOnline ^ | 7-13-11 | Daniel Bice
    The public controversy over Racine's 9-11 float might be over, but the fallout within the Racine Fire Department is not. Firefighter Aaron Rodriguez, who writes a conservative blog, told No Quarter this week that he has resigned from the Racine firefighters union, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 321, over its handling of a Fourth of July parade float honoring firefighters and cops killed on Sept. 11, 2001. The executive committee of the board voted not to support the float in the Racine parade because it was sponsored by an Oak Creek firefighter who recently quit the union. "That was...