Darien EMS-Post 53 Post 53 34-2-16

Letter from Walter Casey: Former Post 53 Director and Jayme Stevenson Opposed Putting Paramedics in Town

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Editor’s note: Walter Casey, who recently moved from Darien, agitated vociferously for paramedics to be based in town for years before the town government agreed to them, after a town-hired consultant recommended them. His letter here is in response to a letter from former Darien EMS-Post 53 Director Ron Hammer, published this week in the Darien Times, in which he says, in part, “If […] any resident wants to vote based simply on one’s work related to paramedics in town, she [Jayme Stevenson] deserves the credit for that one. No one else.” It should be noted that when the consultants’ recommendation was made, Hammer did not oppose it and said he had not previously opposed it, and Stevenson, as first selectman, had not explicitly opposed them. She also supported having paramedics in town after reading and hearing the consultants’ recommendation:

To the editor:

A newcomer to Darien would not know enough and might actually believe Ron Hammer’s praise of Jayme Stevenson’s efforts to bring paramedics to Darien.