25 years ago today, America learned how quickly an ordinary morning can become a dividing line between before and after. Every September 11, we say that we will never forget. We remember names. We remember…
A fatal fire Thursday morning brings renewed attention to a problem Troy officials publicly acknowledged more than a year ago: the private water system inside Troy Villa is not sufficient to supply fire hoses. The…
A sitting Troy City Council member is now publicly arguing that the EMS contract does not require what the contract says, in plain English, directly on the page in front of us. Section 2.14 states:…
A member of Troy City Council is finally beginning to talk about measuring actual patient outcomes, improving CPR instructions, expanding AED access and reducing dispatch delays. Those are all worthwhile ideas. Troy absolutely should track…
No one forced STAR EMS to bid on this contract. STAR voluntarily submitted a proposal describing its system as designed to “meet or exceed” Troy’s six-minute response requirement. The RFP and contract documents repeatedly state…
On Monday, July 27, at 6:00 p.m., Troy City Council will hold a special meeting devoted exclusively to evaluating EMS performance during the first six months of the City’s new ambulance contract. This meeting needs…
Let’s talk about the part Troy residents should be asking about now: Why does this policy still exist? The City used a newly re-written political activity policy to remove me from the Troy Fire Department…
Let’s talk about how the City of Troy’s political activity policy happened and how it was used against me in short order. Under oath, the City Clerk was asked if she had any involvement in…
THE CITY LOST. AGAIN. The City of Troy tried to stop me from running for City Council. They changed the rules. They used those rules to remove me from the Troy Fire Department. They ignored…
The latest EMS response time data for March has just been released, and it tells a very different story than what we heard after February. For a brief moment, February’s numbers gave the impression that…
Ten weeks into 2026, Troy still has not released the raw EMS response data required under its contract. That data is the most basic tool needed to evaluate whether the system is working. Yet in…
Many, if not all, of Troy City Council members, ran on public safety. Some even used slogans for their slate like “Keep Troy Safe.” Yet here we are 10 weeks into the year and we…
Over the past few days, I’ve been digging deeper into how EMS response times are measured and reported in Troy. After speaking with several people familiar with the dispatch process, I realized there is an…
The City’s response to my recent FOIA request was simple, and stunning: “The City does not have data regarding dispatch time, en route time, arrival time, unit type, or disposition.” Let that sink in. Because…
Troy held what they called an “ADVANCE” meeting today, and somehow, in the year 2026, a city of 90,000 people had no livestream, no recording, no Facebook post, no YouTube upload, and no public materials…
Ever wonder why Troy keeps getting the same decisions no matter who sits up on the council dais? Why every “debate” ends in the exact outcome City Hall wanted… Why every vote looks pre-decided… Why…
He smiles for the cameras,He grins for the show,Cuts a ribbon at noon,While we freeze in the snow. He’s sipping his champagne,We’re choking on smoke.He cashed out our pensions,Left the rest of us broke. He…
In the town of Troy-Who-Ville, where stories run deep,City Hall spun a tale they hoped neighbors would keep.So I wrote my own version, with rhyme, truth, and art,A 16-page adventure that comes straight from the…
Attention, citizens of Troy: The City relied on a very important IRS letter, one that apparently does not exist, to justify taking away firefighter pensions. So far, this elusive document has managed to avoid: 2…
Three years ago, almost to the day, I went on the radio for the first time in my life. I wasn’t a politician.I wasn’t media-trained.I wasn’t trying to score points. I was just a firefighter…