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FPF Final Legislative Report May 2, 2014

You're just going to love what's included in the fourth paragraph...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Vev8u9nhPfaFJrbkE2Q2ZMT2c/edit?usp=sharing

Admittedly, it didn't hurt to find the Governor dragging his feet on this issue at the start of the session.:wink: And yes, as we've witnessed, there's a cadre of individuals on the Republican...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/pension-reform-fails-again-despite-powerful-backing/2177711

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/pension-legislation-dead-senate-sponsor-says
...

At least the Florida Senate gets it.

http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=36820980






FD Bro'

Naples at heart of state debate over local police, fire pension reform

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2014/mar/01/state-debate-local-fire-police-pensions-florida-fl/




Fraternally,

...
It's a bit much for a copy and paste so I placed it on the Google Drive:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Vev8u9nhPfMUhnWWtLRGEtcjg/edit?usp=sharing

With a new legislative session on tap, Weatherford gets creative with his latest divide and conquer plan to shovel money out of the FRS and into the hands of fund managers. We have had great success...

Bill was working for himself when he got elected to council.
Rick was working for himself when he got elected to council.

Bill became Mayor.
Rick became a State Representative.

Bill is the...

Florida Professional Firefighters Keep Pension Protected

http://www.iaff.org/13News/050113FRS.htm


I love this.....they follow the law when it suits them. Pricks!

Speaker Will Weatherford loses Senate showdown over Florida pensions
...

Done!

Give yourselves a pat on the back if you called or emailed your state senator in support of our Brothers and Sisters working under FRS.


Fraternally,


FD Bro'

Apologies up front for the poor formating. I got this from FPF 2nd District VP Winnie Newton. He got it as you see it. If I get a cleaned up version, I'll replace this single paragraph. At the...

Weatherford's pension overhaul still alive
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:52am

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/weatherfords-pension-overhaul-still-alive/2118246

http://www.fpfp.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=279743


Brothers and Sisters;

Early this evening (4/29) Senator Simpson, the sponsor of the Senate FRS bill filed two...

This update is hot off the press as of an hour ago - 1345, Friday 4-26.

Check out the last paragraph. Keep your fingers crossed... it's looking good for us in the 175 & 185 plans, this year,...

If you never gave much thought to politics being dirty game, just look at the myriad of 'players' and to what extremes they'll go to, to win.



Fraternally,



FD Bro'

Your calls and emails are being heard, Brothers and Sisters!

Many of you probably saw the SPT article posted earlier today, entitled: Time ticking down for Weatherford's pension rebellion -...

It doesn't matter if you're in FRS or not. Please utilize the link below to call or email your representative and demand that they VOTE NO ON HB 7011. Remember, the ch. 175 & 185 plans are still in...

It doesn't appear as though this LODD has made it onto the online edition of the 'Times...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-jupiter-officer-death-20120910,0,3013491.story

http://www.lsxtv.com/news/video-drag-racing-the-caprice-ppv-detective-model/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-drag-racing-the-caprice-ppv-detective-model






FD Bro'

PBA newsletter sends a profane message to the governor


In case you didn't catch it...
...

Largo and Tampa noted in the story...

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Attention All Firefighters, Police, Corrections And Probation Officers

http://floridapublicemployees.com/attention-all-firefighters-police-corrections-and-probation-officers-2/

URGENT MESSAGE...

You just moved here, right?

Tell me. As you understand it, what is the issue and how does it pertain to St. Petersburg's ch. 175 and 185 plans? Also, do you find it a bit presumptuous of the...

Florida’s League of Cities Continues their Assault on Police and Fire Pension

http://floridapublicemployees.com/florida’s-league-of-cities-continues-their-assault-on-police-and-fire-pension/
...

HB 365 - Public Employees
Filed by Costello
Filed on Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:17 PM
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/09/end-of-era-last-ford-crown-victoria-rolls-down-line/1


Enjoy!

"I'm one of the people this change effects....I'm calling BS on this one FD Bro. You seem to come on from time to time but your info is not always 100% accurate."


You're one of the people...

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Hi Kenny.

A few weeks ago it was discovered that for several years our Captains and...

http://oldnortheast.patch.com/articles/hold-police-accountable-for-domestic-abuse-2?ncid=M255
And now, a different perspective on who's responsible for Foster...

Hold Police Accountable for...

A round that is purpose built for penetration through clothing is the Hornady Critical Defense line. My son just bought his girlfriend a new Walther PK380 and we were looking at all of the usual...

http://www.gunblast.com/Taurus-PT738.htm
One of the guys I work with just bought one of these. He owns a lot of firearms but was looking for something small, reliable, lightweight and something...

FPF Final Legislative Session Report

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I...

From The FOP State Lodge

LEGISLATIVE REPORT

END OF SESSION

The 2011 Legislative Session is finally and thankfully over. This was without a doubt the most challenging and stressful session we...

Link repaired:
http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/05/a-scaled-back-city-pension-bill-sent-to-scott/







FD Bro'

I have no clue where the gathering of numbers has anything to do with a "hero complex" but perhaps you'll tell me.

As to surveying a larger number... Yeah, sure. Why not? The only trouble with...

Florida Survey on Occupational Influence and Pensions


http://fpfp.org/Docs/FPF%20Pension%20Survey%20Summary.pdf

FPF Session Legislative Report - April 25-April 29
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FRS legislation/changes agreed

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The conference committee on FRS changes completed their deliberations at about 10 PM tonight. The Senate accepted the House's offer...

Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:02 AM
Subject: Paycheck protection update; Dear President Schaitberger,

Gary

I am so pleased and proud of the effort that you are leading with our affiliate...

True but still working on it, Brother.

Keep your fingers crossed.





FD Bro'

Senators reject Rick Scott’s pitch to fight unions
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/27/2188918/senators-reject-rick-scotts-pitch.html

The governor makes last-ditch appeal to rescue bill to...

The FOP makes a great point in the video.


http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/04/25/ft-lauderdale-police-union-pulls-money-from-bank/

Brothers and Sisters,

The International Association of Fire Fighters has grown into a political powerhouse in the Nation’s Capitol and in state houses, county and city halls across the country.
...

FPF Session Legislative Report - April 18-April 22
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As to "state union officials" - they're not sent to us, we grow 'em. My state union president was a Fire Fighter Paramedic for over a quarter century before he filled the shoes of the outgoing FPF...

Meddling with union paychecks

One of the best recaps of the SB 830 dispute I've seen.
Fraternally,
Gary Rainey, President
Florida Professional Firefighters
...

List of 364 organizations utilizing Florida's payroll deduction system.

"A Preview of What’s to Come: SB 830 Still Silences the Voices of Teachers, Firefighters, Police Officers and Florida...

Press Release

A Preview of What’s to Come: SB 830 Still Silences the Voices of Teachers, Firefighters, Police Officers and Florida Workers!

Amendment to SB 830 in Senate Rules Committee NOT a...

FPF Session Legislative Report - April 11-April 15
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Thrasher backs off banning payroll deduction for union dues, pushes new plan
...

Try as we may, we just couldn't get the Florida Chamber of Commerce to be good guys and post our comments to their Youtube video.

So we answered with two of our own:
...

Dear Brothers and Sisters;

Late Friday afternoon after the committee hearing on the Chapter 175 pension reform bill, we received notice that the dues deduction/paycheck protection bill has been...

http://www.iafffightsback.com/index.cfm?section=30&pagenum=205

Email from the League of Cities regarding yesterday's committee meeting.
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This e-mail was sent out to the Cities as...

FPF Session Legislative Report - April 4-April 8
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STATEMENT BY SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER NAN RICH ON REJECTION OF REPUBLICAN SENATE BUDGET

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MICHELLE DeMARCO
APRIL...

I think you've hit the nail on the head insofar as successive generations being stuck with the bill. The City of St. Petersburg has a well documented history of not properly funding its promised...

FPF Session Legislative Report - March 28-April 1
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This commercial is currently running in Tallahassee in now. We're trying to determine if its running in any other areas today. I saw it this morning on ABC affiliate channel. Firefighters, police,...

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http://www.andersonmcqueen.com/obituaries/Roberto-Rolon/

FPF Session Legislative Report - March 21-25

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Thanks for posting this Koke.

I just got a call from one of the Medic's that works with me who also works up at Mease Countryside on his days off. He wasn't sure if the news was out in print...

Do you really think you're the first person to tell me that? I've had council persons from here to the Pinellas County line intimate that very same notion to me until we got them in a Fire Ops 101...

Whine, whine, whine, whine, drone, whine. Whine, whine, whine, whine, drone, whine. Whine, whine, whine, whine, drone, whine. Whine, whine, whine, whine, drone, whine. Whine, whine, whine, whine,...

As promised here's the Hall of Shame vote count from today.
Only one Republican voted NO, Brother Ed Hooper.
All Democrats voted NO and 7 other Republicans stood by and watched the slaughter.
...

"opt outta this crap..." Is that code speak for scab, tick or bloodsucker?

How do you figure that's going to happen? If the city's not collecting dues to pass along to the union, do guess that...

House Republicans pass bill to ban Union dues deductions in Florida

Dear Brothers and Sisters;
The Florida House took up HB 1021 for final reading and a vote this morning. This bill prohibits...

The answer lies with for whom the bell tolls.

I've been in Ed's office and had it explained to me that at his end of the hall, "we have very few allies." He holds President Emeritus status with...

Says taxpayer resources are being used "to facilitate private political agendas" through automatic payroll deduction of union dues.

...

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2011-03-21/companion-john-thrashers-union-dues-bill-moves-forward


"An amendment by Rep. Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater, that would have exempted...

Second weekly report...

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FD Bro'

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Florida House bill would raise retirement age for state workers

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/gubernatorial/florida-house-bill-would-raise-retirement-age-for-state-workers/1158057

"The...

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TRACKED BILLS

S 1128 (2011) - Public Retirement Plans - SENATE - CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability;...

SB 830 - Relating to Labor and Employment - 2011


Dear Brothers and Sisters:



As we expected Senator's Thrasher (Republican) and Haradopolis (Republican) have had SB 830 (prohibits the...

"Monday's staid session was a stark contrast to a committee meeting last week in which busloads of union members descended on the Capitol to protest the bill prior to the opening of the legislative...

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/14/2114449/worker-gag-bill-squeaks-out-of.html



Yet another chink in the armor...




FD Bro'

Thank you for the kind words.

Sadly, the good Governor of the state of Wisconsin isn't doing what he's doing without malice aforethought, though.

While on the surface it would seem to bode...

The beatings will continue until morale improves...
...

I'm sure this isn't the only one of these that we're going to see...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/recall-governor-rick-scott-now/

BIG smile! :D

Well, you've got one thing right, shithead. Had Crawford been wearing his vest, Master Lindsey wouldn't have to worry about serving a life sentence.





FD Bro'

John Wilson's 'My View'

David Crawford - "He was the best of the best. A modern day superhero."

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/my_view/my-view-officer-death-022511




Fraternally,

Senate 830: Labor and Employment

GENERAL BILL by Thrasher

Labor and Employment; Prohibits a state agency from deducting from employee wages the dues, uniform assessments, fines, penalties, or...

This material was just received and is new...

Title: THE SHOWDOWN OF 2011 CONTINUES!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oASARPBALXmUhnEnrSAoSZquztytxKOcdPy0ffQ7Ez4/edit?hl=en#

Senate 1128: Public Retirement Plans

GENERAL BILL by Ring

Public Retirement Plans; Provides that a local governmental entity may not offer a defined benefit retirement plan to a plan member...

Something to share...


FD Bro'


Call your Senators this week, vote to be taken on Thursday on the pension bills!
________________________________________
Dear Brothers and Sisters:

I'm about to take a nap right now. I'll get up at 0300 for the trip to Tally.

I'll tell al my FD and LE Brothers and Sisters there that you are concerned about them and wishing you were there.
...

"The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee has been holding hearings over the past few weeks concerning radical changes to Florida’s public pension systems, both the FRS and...

Original document with working links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFj2N6U2EJtkSP-B7L11spkdLPXPNZslaBXxXVRwZ08/edit?hl=en&authkey=COPt_III

135 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32301 ·...

Original document with working links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFj2N6U2EJtkSP-B7L11spkdLPXPNZslaBXxXVRwZ08/edit?hl=en&authkey=COPt_III

135 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32301 ·...

So the question remains. Will Bill Foster and Co. rise to the occasion, sending a representative from the City of St. Petersburg to oppose these initiatives, citing home rule? Or will they betray...

To be more accurate, the city is paying in to a non-matching 401A at what I'll guess is 11% of his salary.

In the last year or so the St. Petersburg Association of Fire Fighters performed a Public...

HB - 303 Public Retirement Plans

Bill Filed on Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:48 PM

Bill Sponsor - Representative Fredrick Costello:...

2011 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Senator Ring, Chair
Senator Siplin, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Thursday,...

Knocking on FRS' door...

http://www.theledger.com/article/20101211/NEWS/101219894/0/LAKELANDMAGAZINE?Title=Scott-Eyes-Public-Employees-Pensions

So I'm supposed to throw my pension concerns and that of my family's long-term welfare on the back burner for someone like you who doesn't give a damm about LEO's or Fire Fighters? For how long and...

I'll make it simple for you without attacking all the guys I know on your dept. with ad hominem attacks. You know... without childish donut jokes and such.

We do research and findings of fact...

Fair enough.

She's lying and he's telling the truth to the Clay County Sheriff.

I see your point and it scares me.




FD Bro'

There are reductions and then there are targeted reductions. I'd much rather be backing a gubernatorial candidate that supports Fire Fighters and Law Enforcement Officers than an individual who...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/st-petersburg-gives-up-police-pension-legal-fight-to-tune-of-15-million/1129402

St. Petersburg gives up police pension legal fight to tune of $1.5...

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/abel-harding/2010-10-13/rod-smith-were-going-win-dixie-county

Alex Sink's running mate Rod Smith: 'We're going to win Dixie County'

Where's Rod...

http://dms.myflorida.com/human_resource_support/retirement/municipal_police_and_fire/current_issues/pension_trustees_conferences
42nd Annual Police Officers and Firefighters' Pension Trustees'...

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Read how some of the questions are worded, carefully. The FLOC only has...

http://www.youtube.com/user/FLPBA#p/a/u/0/-7Wrz5eiSGo


FD Bro'

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The Florida PBA this morning broke one tradition -- endorsing Republicans for governor -- but kept another, not mincing words, very much intact.

The PBA and another...

Page 8, "Summer 2010" edition of the PFIA PROTECTOR:

CPR Saves Citizen

Just after midnight on August 27, 2009, off-duty officer Richard Johnston was flagged down by a citizen to assist an...

"But Mayor Bill Foster said Tuesday that he didn't know where the money to pay the former officers would come from. And the city is also on the hook for their six-figure legal fees."

Ummm... just...

Okay, I'll play your silly game.

Woman trips on curb, yada yada. Upon arrival, Paramedics apply cervical collar (if and when the pt. actually allows it) and then they wait for whatever amount of...

Featherbedding: The practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required.

"...obvious gross featherbedding" Are you for real? Are you really a Union...

Some of you guys kill me. She's an "enigma" and you think you've got Foster nailed down! So did we. When we thought he was onboard and we needed him most, he left us cold.

I'm a Fire Fighter...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civ ... ns/1028788

Judge orders St. Petersburg to return police officers' pension contributions

By Jamal Thalji, Times staff writer

Published Tuesday,...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1009860.ece#

Debate grows testy on staffing of fire trucks

By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer

Published Friday, June 12, 2009

ST....

Memorandum
St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue

To: Fire Chief J. Large via Chain of Command
From: District Chief R. Johnson
Date: 6/2/2009
Subject: Staffing Levels Concerns

I have serious...

http://sptimes.com/2005/12/17/Southpinellas/Windfall_in_wee_hours.shtml

Windfall in wee hours: 40% raises
The St. Petersburg City Council gives itself a big raise. Some worry about the...

Educate me, I know 4/10 shifts benefit the employee, but how does it benefit the employer? Looking for a serious responce please.[/quote]


This is a serious response. A 4-10's FD schedule would...

I had someone send me the link and I clicked on it. I read and I read. Huh, this all looks familiar. But why would someone be sending me the link to such an old story? I seriously thought that...

Well, I've decided to chime in here because I see a derailment ahead. I read your words with anticipation and understand your sentiments. Also, I agree 100% with your sentiments as to how they...

Herd dat! Bigbird gets his groove on with the Armalite AR-180:

http://usvsthem.homestead.com/OracleFix.html




Bravo Zulu

With two of the three public safety agency bargaining units in St. Petersburg at impasse and the third approaching said same - could anyone have predicted the current conditions for little St....

The individual written about in the article below is one of the best Union Brothers that Fire Fighters have every known. Years ago, he was always one of the spark plugs at annual 'Florida...

On Friday, May 2nd at 10:00 am the St. Petersburg Association of Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 747 met with St. Petersburg's Human Relations Department for the 'umteenth' time in our 1521 day journey for...

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080428/COLUMNIST01/804280456/1628/NEWS02

Longboat deficit is tough, but services must remain

Published Monday, April 28, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.

Next...

No offense taken.

I have personal experience at Cole's in Clearwater. Damm near every time I've been in there, there's either a Deputy or Clearwater cop in there. If you haven't been there in a...

http://www.srtsupply.com/


FD Bro'
With each passing day, top pick, prospective Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters and Fire Fighter Paramedics pass us by to work in other communities. Each...

I was there. Karen couldn't make it, but Monty Hall from "Let's Make a Deal" showed up and said, "There's a fabulous prize waiting for you behind one of the doors. Pick door number one, door number...

That should have read "January '09."






FD Bro'

Once you hear the city's best and final offer, you're either going to declare impasse or you're going to bring that lump of coal back to the membership to vote up or down.

If the city can get...

Hi Tom and thanks goes to 'you' for 'your' service.

We're all members of a special interest group of one sort or another. Like many of my Brothers and Sisters on the job, I work feverishly on all...

Volunteers Needed!!

VOTE "Charles McKenzie" District 55

If you can help call: Contact, Linda E. Lucas, Ph.D. -------- Tel: (727) 866 - 7335


Scheduled Events:

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Williams In Florida House District 55

The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 19, 2008

A special election will be held on Tuesday, March 25, to replace state Rep. Frank Peterman Jr., who resigned...

To: St. Petersburg City Council

From: Scott J Swift

Re: Widening gap in value of retirement benefits between Public & Private employees

St. Petersburg City Council,

Welcome back from...

Yeah... good luck. Let us know when working here begins to border on "mental anguish."

Every change in every article that the city has proposed that we swallow for the meager 2.5% pay raise...

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/feb/07/ ... -23-raise/

Teamsters agree on 2.3% raise in Indian River County
Jupiter Courier, 2/7/2008

Members of the county's blue-collar union called off their...

Oldsmar officials calm about Amendment 1's effect
The mayor says cuts may be in the future but not in the city's workforce.
By TERRI BRYCE REEVES, Times Correspondent
Published February 2, 2008
...

Yeah, that's it - "fade."

Call the Mayor's office and ask him the status of three of the four Ladder Trucks that this CITY owns. He won't know unless he asks someone else, so I'm going to tell...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
It's all a hoax
Stephen Goldstein

Columnist

January 21, 2008

No, no, a thousand times no! On Jan. 29, I'm voting against Amendment 1, the hoax on property...

Great observations!

Yes, a city travels well when it travels on the backs of it's Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters & Fire Fighter Paramedics. It's easy to point the accusatory finger at...

Have you ever heard the saying, "I wouldn't be a member of a club that would have ‘me’ as a member?"

I'm not picking on the originator of this thread, but if you'll recall, you might remember...

You probably could have stopped with addressing their mental masturbation with just the single line, above, Bro'.







FD Bro'
It's another great day in St. Petersburg, where the taxpayers...

"Also tired of Scott Swift" - great summation. You are definitely a Brother by another mother.

This whole diatribe was spurred on by one little man, who over the course of his lifetime "working...

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Hmmmm... must be me. I thought everyone packed!

Truer words were never spoken, Bro'/Sis...


Posted: 12/25/07 09:05:40
The 11% increase to the city's budget to just cover cost-of living increases to the Police budget is too much. That is not...

The blog itself is a great place to air your grievances.

Speaking to any one of us - one on one, allows you to potentially misquote ("spin," as you put it) others such as President Newton, and...

A school aged child might have said, "Well -- you started it!"

In your brief missive, above, you opined that Mr. Newton clarified many "mistatements." Not being a part of that telephone...

Funny you should ask...

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1387 days, 13 hours, 57 minutes & 13 seconds - working towards pay and pension improvements that others in smaller...

http://www.ontheissue.us/stadium%20letter.html

The following four quotes were pulled from four different links on the above page:

"Sports economists agree that cities--and taxpayers--get close...

We need a do-over because of City Hall

By HOWARD TROXLER
Published December 16, 2007


The city of St. Petersburg was operated by a fraudulent government for most of 2007.

Strong words,...

City sets stadium timetable

A developer for the Tropicana Field site would be picked May 1.

By AARON SHAROCKMAN, Times Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2007



ST. PETERSBURG -- The...

So you're saying you don't think they'll share any of the $104,000,000.00 that they just pulled out of the state investment pool - with us?




FD Bro'

Excerpt from Karen Richardson letter of November 9:

"The session has been scheduled for Thursday, December 6, 2007, following the Council Meeting. This date was the soonest date available due to...

If one were to distill-down the way this city has operated during the past several years of this administration, you’d have to call it a shell game. Enormous amounts of money have flowed into the...

While we're on the subject..


Mass Immigration vs. Black America

http://www.numbersusa.com/interests/blackamericans.html

Unions Weakest During High Immigration
...

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See cover and page 7.





FD Bro'

With no others on the current horizon... my 'personal' choice --> Kathleen Ford.

She's got a "take no prisoners" attitude when it comes to the type of nonsense that's been going on under this...

Montanari's site: Enhanced Public Safety

The top priority for city government. Our police and fire departments need to have the best people, the best training, and the best equipment to...

The St. Petersburg Association of Fire Fighters - Local 747 has never missed a meeting or an opportunity to meet. We've never put "them" off and we've never 'forgotten' to come back to a meeting...

Karl Nurse: "A lobbyist for good things"

http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A309344



FD Bro'

http://www.tampabaysun.com/TBS_October_04_07.pdf

See page 3.

Ethics committee for St. Petersburg Council

Complaint filed over pay raises

By Morgan Landis
TAMPA BAY SUN

St. Petersburg Association of Fire Fighters Local 747, just completed our most recent negotiations session with Karen Richardson, on September 27th.

As usual, we came on time; ready to work; ready...

St. Pete Councilman Bryan resigns under criminal investigation

Last Edited: Friday, 07 Sep 2007, 4:27 PM EDT
Created: Friday, 07 Sep 2007, 2:57 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG - City Councilman...

People will always show up at the door. It's gotten so bad here at SPF&R, that the probationary people now get indoc dealing with what they're going to hear when they make it to the stations. ...

Many resources can be found here:

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Of course, there's no accounting for those who think guns kill people...

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Free the cities

Here's a 5-point, new urban agenda that embraces freedom rather than top-down planning and regulation.

STEVEN GREENHUT
Sr. editorial writer and...

I'm sure John Bryan was getting around to sharing this with all of you. Just in case you hadn't gotten it yet, here's how the St. Petersburg Association of Fire Fighters president responds to those...

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/05/Hillsborough/Budget_may_trim_benef.shtml

"City Council member Herb Polson wants to start a discussion about changing the cost-sharing balance, saying the current...

Good to have our numbah one SF Commando checking in.

Question: What's the first question every old time cop is supposed to ask the rookies?

Answer: Hey kid... have you ever stabbed anybody?
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/06/24/m1a_TCTAX_0624.html
Counties: Tax surge lifted public safety

By TERESA LANE, JASON SCHULTZ

Palm Beach Post Staff...

Today's Letters: City to blame for high pension costs
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published June 19, 2007

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Pensions...

She was married to Rick Feinberg at one time and if she didn't care for us before - she damned sure doesn't care for us now! So, Go Davis is her newest squeeze? Whuda surprize!

She sat...

Karnac 'is' magnificent!


FD Bro'

Kevin Mowrer retired a few months back and was offered a job by one of the beach communities (Redington Bch., North Redington Bch., Redington Shores - who can keep 'em straight?). Kevin, being...

Great opinion piece - all things considered...

http://smudgedink.org/




FD Bro'

Hi Pic.

This is yet another example of a city that utilizes the "excuse of the day" program. If there's a pet project that brings 'them' notoriety, then it gets done and pronto -- no excuses...

I'm trying to figure your angle, here. Are these questions/statements in deference to the PD's pay, workweek and pension plan?

You can place every cop in the city on a 24 hour shift and at the...

Lt. Cory Dahlem is the brother of one of our Fire Fighters - Heather Brady, who's married to retired SPPD Ofc. Jim Brady.


Lieutenant dies after postgame tragedy


By ALICE WALLACE and LISE...

It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone here. While it's not often talked about, (in so many words) public safety professionals are in the position they're in, due in large part to "character and a...

I'm going to keep this short for now. More details to follow, though.

You've hit the nail on the head, Brother Pic. Williams sat through the entire impasse hearing - acting as though we were...

Nice list. Our Local polled us over three years ago (see where we still are?) and we responded similarly on many of the very same subjects.

Please... if you're in the area of city hall today...

That sux.

Over here on the FD side of the street, if you're injured while on duty, two Brothers and/or Sisters accompany you and stay with you. If you are injured to the point that you find...

SAGINAW (WJRT) - (02/05/07)--Firefighters helping fight crime? Poor record keeping and slow response time. Saginaw's crime problem needs immediate attention according to a new public safety report.
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