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TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS
ONLY ON TEN. AT FIVE WE
REPORTED
PORTSMOUTH HIRED A NEW
FIRE CHIEF. ALL DAY WE
WORKED THIS
STORY.
AND PART OF THE STORY IS
THAT SOME COUNCILMEMBERS
"DO NOT" LIKE HOW
THIS DECISION PLAYED OUT.
ANDY FOX HAS BEEN WORKING
THIS
STORY ALL DAY, AND JOINS
US WITH WHAT HE
FOUND....ANDY?
THE NEW CHIEF IS INTERIM
CHIEF BECK BARFIELD WHO
WAS PULLED OUT OF
RETIREMENT TO TAKE THE
JOB. WE GOT TO THIS
POINT BECAUSE JULY
24TH, THE FORMER FIRE
CHIEF DON HORTON RESIGNED
AND WENT TO
RICHMOND FOR FAMILY
MEDICAL REASONS.
HE THEN CHANGED HIS MIND
AND CLAIMED FAMILY
MEDICAL LEAVE,
RETURNING TO PORTSMOUTH
LOOKING FOR HIS OLD JOB.
BUT HIS JOB HAD BEEN
FILLED, AND SOME
COUNCILMEMBERS
THINK THAT'S WHEN SECRECY
AND CONFUSION UNFOLDED IN
THE
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
(19:37 16) ((WHAT'S THE
BIG SECRET? NOBODY KNOWS
FOR THE RECORD THE CITY
MANAGER HASN'T SHARED
WITH US WHAT'S GOING ON
EITHER))
RUNS: 07 PORTSMOUTH
COUNCILMAN STEVE HERETICK
ISN'T HAPPY WITH CITY
MANAGER KEN CHANDLER ON
HOW
HE CAME TO NAME INTERIM
FIRE CHIEF BECK BARFIELD
AS THE CHIEF
(19:50 16 6) ((WHEN YO
HAVE THE HEAD OF A CITY
AGENCY AND A VERY HIGH
PROFILE POSITION YOU
EXPECT THE CITY
MANAGER TO LET YOU KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON))
RUNS: 07 COUNCILMAN BILL
MOODY EVEN MET
FACE TO FACE WITH
CHANDLER TO ASK ABOUT IT
THIS MORNING.
HE WAS LED TO BELIEVE FOR
NOW THERE WOULD BE TWO
CHIEFS.
(4:35 2) ((TAX PAYERS
HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW
WHAT IS HE DOING. WHAT IS
HIS JOB. HE IS BACK AS
THE FIRE CHIEF. IS THAT
WHAT
HE TOLD YOU THAT IS WHAT
IS INFERRED. YES))
RUNS: 08 WE WORKED THIS
STORY ALL DAY.
(14 WOMEN IN THE FIRE
SERVICE WORKSHOP) WE
SPENT THE DAY LOOKING FOR
PORTSMOUTH INTERIM FIRE
CHIEF
BECK BARFIELD. WE JUST
MISSED HIM AT THIS
WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN IN THE
FIRE SERVICE.
WE WENT TO THE FIRE
ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE...NOT THERE
THEN WE SPOTTED HIM IN
THE PORTSMOUTH CITY HALL
GARAGE,
WHEN HE SAW US HE LEFT
THE GARAGE, AND WE
FOLLOWED HIM UNTIL WE
BOTH
STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT,
AND WE JUMPED OUT TO ASK
HIM WHAT IS GOING
ON? (26:47 20)
(( WE REALLY WANT TO
INTERVIEW YOU CHIEF. WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE OTHER CHIEF. I DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING. WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT MR.
HORTON. I CAN'T TELL YOU
ANYTHING. ARE YOU
STILL THE CHIEF? YES I AM
IS HE THE CHIEF TOO. NO
HE IS NOT.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD
ABOUT HIS POSITION? I
HAVEN 'T BEEN TOLD
ANYTHING IF I HAVE SOME
INFORMATION I WILL GIVE
IT TO YOU. BUT RIGHT NOW
I HAVE TO GO TO A
MEETING))
RUNS; 22 A MEETING WHERE
HE WOULD BE FORMALLY
NAMED CHIEF. EARLIER IN
THE DAY THIS WHOLE
PROCESS DID NOT SIT WELL
WITH COUNCILMAN HERETICK.
(16 23:30 6PM ) ((KEN
CHANDLER HAS SERVED OUR
CITY
WELL BUT I HAVE TO TELL
YOU WHEN WE HAVE THE
UNCERTAINTY THAT
WE HAVE HERE HE HAS SOME
EXPLAINING TO DO))
RUNS: 10
I SPOKE WITH CITY MANAGER
KEN CHANDLER AND ASKED
HIM ABOUT
THE SECRECY EVEN AFTER
COUNCILMAN MOODY ASKED
HIM ABOUT THE ISSUE
THIS MORNING. CHANDLER
SAID HE WANTED ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS TO FIND
OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
IRONICALLY, HAD FORMER
CHIEF HORTON JUST TAKEN
FAMILY MEDICAL
LEAVE INSTEAD OF FIRST
RESIGNING THEN HE COULD
HAVE GONE TO
RICHMOND, THEN RETURN TO
ASSUME HIS POSITION AS
CHIEF.
NOW HE TAKES A PAYCUT AS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
FORMER CHIEF DON HORTON
WILL MAKE $98 THOUSAND IN
HIS NEW POSITION AS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
COMPARED TO THE $111