/sarc
Posted on 01/17/2011 3:14:24 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
In her latest run-in with Houston firefighters, Councilwoman Jolanda Jones drew a flurry of criticism over the weekend after she allegedly used obscene language and suggested that firefighters were lazy during a fire station visit on Friday.
Jeff Caynon, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, said Jones made offensive remarks to firefighters while visiting Station 8 downtown Friday. Caynon was told Jones also commented on the facility, suggesting that it was too nice.
Jones did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but a spokesman said the allegations were false, although he did not comment on whether profanity was used at all during the firehouse exchange. 'Cultural bias' alleged
Jones, who is serving her second term on the council, has previously been critical of the Houston Fire Department for an alleged culture of racism and sexism. She blasted the department after two female firefighters in 2009 found racist and sexist graffiti scrawled in their quarters at an airport fire station. She has also argued the department had a "cultural bias" that makes the workplace difficult for firefighters.
Caynon, who is African-American, previously clashed with Jones for allegedly calling him a "house Negro" during a discussion about discrimination within the fire department.
"I understand there was a lot of profanity," he said, adding that firefighters were offended that she was not civil with her language and showed little respect for their work.
"The substance of what she said was, 'You guys don't work. You just come in and sit down on your recliners and watch TV all day,' and that's not the case," Caynon said.
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can’t expect anyone to act American if they are african first
Then about 15 lawsuits against her by the shift on duty.
“Councilwoman Jolanda Jones”
Jomomma?
Is there anything in this country that isn’t rampant with ‘racism’?
Judging from her history (linked in Post #1) Ms Jones wanted her picture to be on the front page of the Houston Chronicle along side Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s picture on MLK Day.
She succeeded.
I live in the St. Louis area and a report came out last year reporting some of the fire districts salaries. The average salary for a 15 year firefighter is $125,000 (district in which I work in). Last year the supervisor for the EMT’s in this district retired and was receiving $175,000 for that job. This particular municipality in St. Louis county also gives a building for the firefighter union to conduct union business along with $100,000 per year for conducting that business.
In the city of St. Louis proper they asked the union to cut two sick days out of their contract to help with budget shortfalls. The union would not budge an inch on the subject while at the same time everyone knows that if someone needs a day off all they have to do is ask another union member to fill in for them resulting in no days charged to the member. The unions can rollover their unused sick/vacation days year to year and makes a nice severance package after 30 years.
Don’t firemen have iphones to record such visits from African emissaries to their stations? That should have been on YouTube within a minute of this racist’s exit.
Good luck, Ms. Jones, if you ever have a fire in YOUR house.
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Perhaps Ms Jones is planning her run for the Senate seat that Kay Bailey Hutchison plans to vacate in 2012.
Pretty smart of her. If this really was the intent, I am impressed.
can’t expect anyone to act American if they are african first
I’m stealing it.
Check this out;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F0kD0JGLRU
Yes. Me!! I starve children.
LOL!
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