Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 14 days agoMamdani Appoints NYC’s First Openly Gay Fire Commissionergomag.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down12
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minus-squareFlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·13 days agowait wait wait, in the US firefighters are appointed by politicians? Why is everything over there politically? Why the fuck are judges appointed by a president?
minus-squareGalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·13 days agoMy favorite is that the coroner is often voted in. How does politics even remotely factor in to their jobs?
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days agoFire commissioner yes, the low level firefighters, no.
minus-squareozymandias@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agojudges are elected at the local levels…
wait wait wait, in the US firefighters are appointed by politicians?
Why is everything over there politically? Why the fuck are judges appointed by a president?
My favorite is that the coroner is often voted in. How does politics even remotely factor in to their jobs?
Fire commissioner yes, the low level firefighters, no.
judges are elected at the local levels…