While Pittsburgh burns
Via Copeland, I learn that Pittsburgh firefighters are up to more shenanigans to save their jobs. If they really care about the city and the welfare of its residents--and I believe that most of them do--they will sit down and engage in a serious debate about the proper level of fire protection that is needed for a city the size of Pittsburgh, instead of trying to scare people into believing that any and all cuts to the fire department's budget are bad.
posted by Jonathan Potts at
1:55 PM
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Here's a little gasoline for the fire:
City firefighters currently work 10 to 12 hours a week less than 85 percent of their counterparts nationwide. In fact, their workweek is 12 hours less than what is recognized as a normal "firefighter workweek" by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
OK, so multiply 900 firefighters times 12 hours a week and you get 10,800 hours of lost manpower each week. That's the equivalent of 250 firefighters or $20 million a year in unnecessary cost.
These figures are from the March issue of Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly. The author? Former city budget guy David Miller.
3:50 PM
I don't know who you are but I like your style.
3:00 PM
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