'We Had Moved On'

So says police union chief Ron L'Ecuyer in today's Telegram on the heels of yesterday's hub-bub regarding the police no-show at Sunday's swearing-in for Chief Robert DeMoura.

It wasn't a good day for the police union yesterday (and it continues on the Sentinel's editorial page today). They were generally roasted here, and at the S&E forum under their story yesterday. I'd guess comments were running about 75-25 against the no-show, and it wasn't always pretty.

L'Ecuyer says it wasn't intentional. I'll leave that to the eye of the beholder. But I will say that yesterday, as I had a few times in the last few months, I asked for someone, anyone, involved in the union to say something about moving on. Finally, yesterday, after about three months of chaos, it finally happened. That is good news.

L'Ecuyer and DeMoura said all the right things yesterday, and apparently met for about 45 minutes. Hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. That said, both L'Ecuyer and DeMoura are talking raises, which seems like maybe a high-stakes game when the mayor is talking a $1 million cut in that department. If DeMoura can make it happen, you'd have to think he'd win that department over pretty fast.