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More Midwestern firefighting drama
Posted on March 1, 2007 4:54 PM
I wonder why we think of Washington and Oregon as the Northwest, Maine and all those states in the Northeast, but Minnesota and Wisconsin as the Midwest?
I'll skip the geography lessons for now, mainly because I don't know the answer. When the news connects 'fired' and 'firemen' these days, the Midwest is the destination.
No great lines about betting testicles this time. But this account of a fire marshal who may have had malice in mind is in the ballpark...
A Middleton fire marshal has been on paid leave since July while officials investigate allegations he used a department computer to consult with an online psychic and conspired with others to buy an Internet voodoo hex against the chief.They just can't handle not having the Packers in action up there, can they? What happens when Brett Favre retires, are they going to nail cow tongues to the doors at Lambeau Field? Swap out the Cheeseheads for black roosters?
The consultations by Tom Weber sought to divine whether he and others would be successful in removing Fire Chief Aaron Harris, Harris said. Searches of department computers also found Weber had exchanged e-mails seeking to discredit and disparage the chief, Harris said.
One of the e-mails Weber received indicated someone had bought a hex "wishing harm upon me," Harris said, although he hadn't seen the alleged curse.
Wisconsin, Fire Marshal, Voodoo