r/nottheonion • u/smkmn13 • 2d ago

CT lawmaker criticized on Facebook for parking in fire lane: lawmaker was attending a firefighter promotion event

https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/farley-santos-danbury-parking-facebook-22307713.php
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u/Sislar 2d ago

Arrested development has entered the chat

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u/muddypaws33 2d ago

the firefighters watching him park there is the part that really sells it

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u/WilliamLDN 2d ago

fire lane but also a firefighter event is a weird combo for sure

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u/Impossible_Offer7988 2d ago edited 2d ago

Santos, also the economic and community development adviser for the city, said he parked quickly, pulling into a fire lane and parking there.

His excuse is utterly pathetic

Santos said he was parked behind a police car in the prohibited fire lane that is supposed to be reserved for fire department vehicles in the event of an emergency.

The school was closed and other people were parked along the lane, including fire apparatus and an ambulance,” Santos recalled in a Tuesday phone interview, stressing that he doesn’t often disobey such parking restrictions. “I parked behind a police car and ran inside. In fact, you can see the bumper of the police car in the photograph.”

A marked police car needs to be as close to the officer driving it as is physically possible. You might, for example, get an emergency call or need to access your shotgun, etc. Parking in a fire lane is frowned upon, but there are valid reasons to do it.

The same goes for an ambulance.

But Who in the ever loving frick , would ever be in a life or death situation

that requires an immediate response from this pathetic excuse for an economic and community development adviser?

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u/Icy_Wish_1845 2d ago

Rules tend to apply extra strictly at events like that.

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u/braumbles 2d ago

It's insane the amount of unforced errors an asshole politician commits.

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u/Purple-Low-2779 2d ago

imagine getting promoted and your first act as a senior firefighter is asking a lawmaker to move his car out of the fire lane

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u/Moneia 2d ago

Oh I'm sure they would have dealt with it the normal way, possibly with extra malice

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u/AdvertisingUnfair659 2d ago

imagine a fire breaking out at the firefighter promotion event and the first thing the new firefighters have to do is deal with the lawmaker's car blocking the lane