The brutal truth - Bromell style
By JOE WARMINGTON
"I want him out."
Fighting words from Craig Bromell on Mayor David Miller.
"And I won't rest until he is out."
The talk radio host and former police union boss is livid about all the shootings and murders. And he blames Miller. "This is not the Summer of the Gun, Part Two. This is the term on the gun," he said yesterday.
Heads up because the socialist mayor will see plenty of opposition from Bromell when he starts his new radio show Tuesday. The 46-year-old husband and father of three, who had been hosting The Beat on AM 640 since 2004, will introduce an expanded format in the 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. time slot called simply Bromell.
"I want brutal truth and honesty," he said in an interview. "I am going to go after the politicians I don't like."
Some better start heading for cover because "I don't go half-measure on anything. If you are my friend I will do anything for you, but if you are an enemy I will hate you and store it in the back of my mind until I can take you out."
You just don't hear people talking this way in the politically correct world anymore. It's refreshing. Truthful.
"I will use the tactics I used as president of the union to get rid of them," he insisted. "There is dirt on everybody -- and I have a snitch line."
There's a number of people on Bromell's dirt list. Chief Bill Blair is one of them.
"Billy's a disappointment. It's too early to judge him, but if Bill Blair was the Bill Blair most people know, he'd be an outstanding chief. He was a tough drug cop."
On current Police Association boss Dave Wilson?
"What's his name?"
And Police Services Board chairman Alok Mukherjee?
"Who?"
Both, he said, are anonymous letdowns.
"The streets are being shot up but where is the Police Services Board? Cops are being shot at but where is the association? Why is it a radio talk show has to stand up for them?"
But his No. 1 dislike is Miller. "The nickname Mayor Useless does not go far enough," Bromell said. "What has happened positive in the past three years in this city? Nothing."
The problem, he acknowledges, is no candidate looks ready to challenge Miller in November. "My first choice was Julian Fantino, no doubt about it. We have tried everything to get the chief to run."
Bromell was "asked" to as well but doubts his "vote for me or F you" slogan would catch on. Radio might be a better fit for him. "I do have faith in Jane Pitfield," he said. "I think she would do a good job. If this turns out to be another summer of guns and death, I think she has a chance."
Meanwhile, he says, Miller and his lefty supporters have their heads in the sand and tweaking the very "truthful" statistics that show the shootings and murder are not on the decline. "They are offering a false sense of security."
Bromell says he'll keep them honest.
How's this for an honest question?
Are you a thug?
"Yes," he said. "There is no doubt about it. I am also a bully."
At 290 pounds he is a mountain of a man who doesn't plan on slowing down on his lifestyle. "I love my cigars and my scotch and fine restaurants," he said. "Until the doctors say I can't enjoy all of that, I will."
What a character? A connected character. The left have no answer for him. He's so connected there's not a day goes by when he doesn't get a dozen tips. And he will use them on the air to embarrass because "there are parts of the city I would not let my kids go into."
That, he said, should not be acceptable.
"At this rate, by the end of Miller's term more than 900 people will have been shot at and 700 will have been hit," he said. "I fear 200 people will be dead by the end of his watch."
Those numbers won't lie, he said, even if politicians do.
Only tough measures will stop it and, he said, City Hall doesn't have the guts.
"Miller's soft approach on law and order is something we will feel the brunt of for years to come. Under his leadership we have missed an opportunity to crush the crime wave."
And crush it, says the former 51 Division cop, is the only way. "Every day you have to have uniformed personnel and undercover officers in these gangster's faces. If gangsters smell nothing is being done, they get stronger."
It could be that shootings and murder are Miller's legacy. "If it becomes known as a city of violence, people will stop investing, it will affect tourism and our real estate levels will go down."
And more people will die -- which is the reason why Bromell says he wants David Miller out.
