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Water-Gate II, The Sequel: DC firefighters fill another private swimming pool after chief tells CNN it wouldn’t happen again.
Chief Kenneth Ellerbe says the latest pool filling was approved by another battalion chief.
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Watergate goes national. CNN gets to the bottom of the swimming pool scandal in the Nation’s Capital.
CNN reports a battalion chief is being reprimanded for ordering the pool filling.
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Watergate update: DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe launches investigation. Says he didn’t approve pool filling but wants to find out who did.
Chief Ellerbe also tells one reporter he can neither confirm nor deny the incident happened.
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Busy DC fire engine placed out of service to fill pool. Order came as firefighters scrambled to handle major storm workload.
Is this scandal the new "watergate"? Union says order would have to come from high up but DC fire officials…
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DC still in the news: Burned firefighter speaks out about shirts sitting in storage.
Firefighter Chuck Ryan speaks out about shirts that Chief Kenneth Ellerbe has not distributed because of patch.
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DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe on why safer cotton shirts for firefighters are sitting in warehouse: 'Sometimes there's trickery in terms of one administration to another'.
No explanation from the chief on just what the "trickery" was or what it explains about the shirts.
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The latest from your Nation's Capital: Mayor backs fire chief after article on sexual harassment claims. $70,000 in shirts that are safer for firefighters but have the wrong logo sit in warehouse.
Mayor Vincent Gray say Chief Kenneth Ellerbe "has done an exceptional job".
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DC fire chief faced sexual harassment claim in Sarasota County, FL. Washington Times questions why Kenneth Ellerbe wasn't fully vetted by Mayor Vincent Gray.
Chief says claims made in Sarasota County were not true. More questions about deal that allowed Ellerbe to be Florida…
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