Long Branch Official: Mr. Gopal is not listed as a qualified, trained firefighter in the City of Long Branch
Vin Gopal, the candidate for State Senate in the 11th Legislative District, is not a first responder.
Gopal apparently knows he’s been caught lying to the public for months and is now trying, poorly, to explain himself.
The Asbury Park Press knows about Gopal’s misrrepresentations. Inexplicably, APP has yet to report on Gopal’s dishonesty. APP endorsed Senator Jennifer Beck for reelection over Gopal.
In his TV commercials, Gopal claims he volunteers as a first responder in Long Branch.
Kevin Hayes, the Business Administrator and the Public Safety Director of the City of Long Branch said the following in an email this morning:
Re: Verifying a Long Branch firefighter
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 10:48 amKevin Hayes
The Asbury Park Press sent the City an OPRA request last week for a copy of the fire department application for Mr. Gopal. After searching records with the City Clerk and the Fire Chief, we found that there is no application on file for Mr. Gopal and he was never approved by City Council as a member of the Long Branch Fire Department. I was informed by the President of one of our 9 fire companies, the Independent Engine and Truck Co. that Mr. Gopal was brought in to their fire company last year as an honorary member. He could not provide me with an application. An honorary member is not qualified to fight fires. The Fire Chief advises Mr. Gopal is not listed as a qualified, trained firefighter with the Long Branch Fire Department.
Kevin J. Hayes, Sr.
Business Administrator / Public Safety Director
City of Long Branch
732-571-5645
From: Art
Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 9:31 AM
To: Kevin Hayes
Subject: Verifying a Long Branch firefighter
Mr Hayes,
My apologies for reaching you off-hours this morning.Vin Gopal says on his TV commercials that he volunteers as a first responder. On his campaign website, Vin says “He currently volunteers with the Long Branch Fire Department.”
Is Vin Gopal a volunteer firefighter in Long Branch?
Art Gallagher732-208-2240
Today,on facebook, Gopal lied again about being a member of the Long Branch Fire Department, while apparently trying to finesse his claim of currently being a first responder.
Gopal made a similar post on facebook last week, apparently after he heard the Asbury Park Press was investigating his claims. MMM saved it. Click on it for a larger view:
Gopal did not join the Long Branch Fire Department last year, according to Hayes’s email this morning.
The candidate is not an EMT in Long Branch either.
Sam Tomaine, a trustee of the Long Branch First Aid Squad, told MMM, “I didn’t even know the guy until I saw all the campaign stuff pop up. He’s nothing with us.”
According to New Jersey Office of Emergency Medical Services, Gopal is not currently certified.
Gopal has claimed, in debates and on his website, that he has gone on “hundreds of 911 calls.” That might be true. When he was in high school, Gopal was an EMT in Colts Neck, according to Jim Schatzle, a life member of the Colts Neck First Aid Squad and a former mayor of the Township.
Gopal also claimed to be an EMT in Freehold Township. Mayor Lester Preston told MMM that there are no records of Gopal serving as an EMT and that no one seems to remember him. Preston said that he was a firefighter for 27 years, retiring in 2007. He doesn’t remember Gopal serving as an EMT. “But I’m significantly older than him,” Preston said of Gopal. “I can’t swear that he didn’t serve.”
Source: http://www.moremonmouthmusings.net/2017/11/03/long-branch-official-mr-gopal-is-not-listed-as-a-qualified-trained-firefighter-in-the-city-of-long-branch/
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