Finn, in an interview with Newsday last winter, defended his contracts, saying he often paid for things himself. He said his program is proven and operates in 16 other school districts nationwide. The notion that I was making too much money ... well, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate and I'm nobody's dummy, ... I gave back to Hempstead a lot more than I got.
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I put on my pants and drove like crazy to the airplane hangars, ... Then I looked up, and this fighter plane came a-roaring down, machine guns blazing, and I knew it sure as hell wasn't one of ours.John Finn
Every felony case that I've dealt with, the person had an alcohol and drug situation, ... Absent those issues, we're not going to have the amount of criminal behavior we have.
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Matter of fact we're really glad to see it being done. It will make it a lot safer for people coming in and out of here.
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We've been very aggressive at the plate until today. That was pretty disappointing. It seemed like we were being too selective, waiting for the perfect pitch.
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You don't know how many times we've seen cars rear-ended. With the turning lane there it will improve safety and especially the sidewalks for the Wheaton North students.
John Finn
We were going to fix those things in our planning, ... We just ran out of time.
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