Rhode Island Town Wants Help Paying Nightclub Fire Agreement

February 3, 2009

  • February 3, 2009 at 9:42 am
    smith says:
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    What has America become? Is every person and entity in our country seeking money they don’t/didn’t earn/don’t deserve? What has happened to all of us over the past 30 years? This is rhetorical of course…..

  • February 3, 2009 at 1:03 am
    Dan says:
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    Having been in the workforce for 40 years I believe I have sufficient persective to comment. I have witnessed a systmatic deterioration of the ethics, morals, comittment, pride, and honesty of our younger generations. All you hear is “I WANT”, and now. The “quick buck” has become their mantra. Their question to prospective employers is “what can you do for me?”, not the other way around. The young MBA’s have done a fine job of managing our financial sector. Even now, they get bonuses for screwing up.

    Our legal system has followed suit. If awards damages and compensation to people who have no right to it. Survivors of the the night club fatalities who didn’t depend on them for support should not be unjustly enriched of the tragedy. Nice work personal injury attorneys for inflating the public burden by selling the notion that in every situtation, “someone must pay”. Our younger generations are in for rude awakening now that the world order has changed all the rules. They’ve been spoiled by their hard working parents who acutally worked hard and earned what they achieved. The inflated salaries for college grads with no experience to offer are over. Maybe the litigation backlash should be for nobody to buy liability insurance. That way, there’d be no super lottery to shoot for with ridiculous claims for damages.

  • February 3, 2009 at 1:06 am
    Hey Zeus says:
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    Well said Dan!!

  • February 3, 2009 at 1:36 am
    Dan says:
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    Thanks Zeus.

  • February 3, 2009 at 1:38 am
    Glenn says:
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    AMEN Dan.

  • February 3, 2009 at 2:20 am
    Jenn says:
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    Although my heart goes out to the survivors and relative of those lost, the State can’t balance the budget NOW. State agencies are closing, unemployment is about the highest in the country, school departments are running the red etc. etc. etc. HOW can the State possibly take on that debt??

  • February 3, 2009 at 2:35 am
    Dan says:
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    appreciate the support glenn. Maybe some are beginning to realize the problems since my remarks haven’t been attacked ….yet.

  • February 4, 2009 at 7:29 am
    matt says:
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    How again is a town in Rhode Island responsible for a fire resulting from pyrotechnics? Is it the city’s job to know what all residents and businesses are doing and planning at all times?

    How again is Clear Channel responsible?

    How again is it anyone’s fault other than maybe the foam contractor and the pyrotechnics contractor?

    Is it possible this was just a terrible accident?

  • February 4, 2009 at 9:07 am
    Mike says:
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    I agree with Dan in his assessment of this generation. Its pretty sickening.

    That said, many kids now are paying the price with huge college debt, and they will also inherit a huge mess, and also probably not have the social security that they paid for.

    Also, the generation from 50 to 70 or 60 to 80 is actually to blame for the current state of America.

    They are the congressmen, presidents and CEO’s.

    Are they not??

    So tell me Dan how old are you?

  • February 4, 2009 at 9:11 am
    Sam says:
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    Good point Mike! How old is Berny Madoff? How old are Bush and Clinton?

  • February 4, 2009 at 9:19 am
    crabber says:
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    OK, Dan, I’ll be happy to oblige – I’m one of those young whippersnappers with inflated salaries and the “what can you do for me lately” attitude.

    Actually, I can’t disagree that much with what you said, other than to comment that my generation was taught not to overgeneralize, which you have done. Each generation is the product of cultural environment in which they are raised, and as such we are all the product of the virtues and vices of the generation that came before.

    My grandparents generation suffered as children through the great depression and WWII (teaching them what having nothing is like), then turned around and were able to enjoy the post-WWII industrial boom, in which hard work and loyalty to the company were rewarded. Also, having come from nothing, people had reasonable expectations for their standard of living. However, as far as I can tell, they were lazy parents and couldn’t foresee the changing world ahead and couldn’t prepare their children for it (the necessity of higher education, 2-income households and the disappearance of pensions).
    So we come to the next generation.

    Having had a relatively comfortable life due to their parents hard work, my parents generation came into the workforce during a recession and the decline of industry. They had to work more for less, and divorce became more culturally acceptable, so my generation became the broken home generation. We saw our parents struggle without being rewarded, and became cynical of the American Dream. We don’t feel loyalty to our employers because our employers aren’t loyal to us. Additionally, young people in many areas of the country do not have the local employment opportunities that our parents and grandparents had, so we have to move and that kind of pisses us off.

    Each generation either reaps the rewards or pays the price for the behaviour of the generation before. So don’t complain about our reaction to the world you prepared for us. I don’t disagree with your assessment of our behaviour and values, but we are simply the product of our environment.

  • February 4, 2009 at 9:40 am
    Kent says:
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    most of us are to blame for the problems. you, yes you, are part of the solution also. Not really trying to make a political statement here but once people have had enough of this nonsense, and you know what I mean, maybe the pendulum will swing back towards personal responsibility. Lets hope so. Now go buy yourself a new Mercedes and pay a crew to maintain your yard and house for you.

  • February 4, 2009 at 9:44 am
    April says:
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    What generation is Obama in? I think thats a good generation to create such a fine individual.

  • February 4, 2009 at 1:28 am
    Mrs Dean Wormer says:
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    I believe the town inspectors failed to notice that there was no legally-required sprinkler system in place.

    I’m kind of surprised at the reaction to this article. I don’t have a stake in this case either way, but why does everyone automatically jump to the conclusion that the plaintiffs are trying to win the lottery here? $10M for 300 people that were presumably injured in a fire that the town could have prevented, or at least contained, seems rather tame to me.

  • February 4, 2009 at 1:36 am
    Kent says:
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    what? no automatic fire sprinkler system in a bar with pyrotechnics (sp?). Thats outrageous.

  • February 4, 2009 at 6:34 am
    BC says:
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    I totaly agree with Dan except for one item. If everyone did not carry liability insurance what would that do to our business?



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