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Someone did get fired for letting grant money go away. The former city manager. He turned down $3.5 million for the fire department to hire new employees. Now the city has to brunt the full cost. He also lost a $100,000 grant for the fire department to build a dock for their fireboat. As far as the police chief, didn't the police union takes votes of no confidence in Chief Tavares, Chief Paquette, Chief DeCastro and Chief Winquist? There's no pattern forming, is there?

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