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The city's Office of Inspector General will open an investigation into a visit City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones made to a downtown fire station Friday in which she is alleged to have used profanity and criticized the work ethic of firefighters. Jones ardently disputed the account of the incident provided by officials with the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, saying she had a jovial exchange with firefighters at Station 8 that was part of a team-building exercise she organized for her staff. She said the account provided by Jeff Caynon, the fire union president, is "inaccurate" and suggested it was politically...

The allegations are against Houston city Councilmember Jolanda Jones concerning an unannounced visit Friday to Fire Station Number 8 in downtown Houston. Firefighters there allege Jones used profanity and other inappropriate comments. The complaints were made by firefighters to their union president, who is out of town and spoke to us over the phone. "She said, 'You guys got four (expletive) stoves and four (expletive) refrigerators' and she went on like that," said Jeff Caynon with the Houston Professional Firefighters Association. Caynon also alleges the councilmember had disparaging remarks regarding the behavior of the firefighters at Station 8. "She says,...