For the taxpayers, to bad so sad!
Doesn’t end here. He will retire after boosting his last year’s employment with overtime, accrued sick leave, accrued vacation at age 55 with a $200,000+ annual pension with full medical coverage. Public service employees are the true 1% here in California.
Think of the $$$$$ taxpayers could have saved if the fire dept. was better managed. Simply hire more firemen.
A California retired firefighter came to live here in NE Mississippi. His retirement pay was twice that of what I earn working.
I can see the internet ads already...
Blow out birthday candles for 210k!
As was explained to me by a Federal Wage And Labor employee, overtime pay was created to force businesses to hire more employees and thus make the President look like he’s creating jobs.
This fire department could hire three or four more unemployed Americans for what they pay this guy in overtime.
Where are the cries from the Democrats?
Oh.....that’s right.....he belongs to a union.
Truth is, there are too many firemen in most cities now. There are a lot of areas that used to be volunteer, but now have a full force, they have larger staffs and budgets, despite fire risk going down in the past 40 years. They send fire trucks out for minor fender benders in my area to show that they are around. And they do their fill the boots fundraisers to keep a high profile. City’s should do a cost effectiveness study on their current fire protection, but they can’t because the fire fighters will use 9/11. Fire fighting in 2016 is not a overly dangerous job, and should not set up people for life after 20 years on the job.