68 firefighters in Sacramento will be laid off next month after city officials decided not to honor the deal firefighters had sought. The firefighters will be laid off as of July 2, 2009.
Firefighters worked hard to make cuts to their salaries in hopes that future benefits could be preserved. It appeared as though certain council members were going along with it but at the last minute the city voted against the good faith effort.
Firefighters are angry, denouncing the move while wondering who among Sacramento City Council actually worked to help firefighters. Many thought the deal was done only to discover council was dealing in bottom line numbers rather than safety and survival.
After checking out the:
Sacramento Bee online newspaper, their is as much deeper story to this issue.
San Francisco seems to also be under a much closer examination.
Posted by: uk-fb-buff | June 24, 2009 at 09:24 AM