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Fire him. He has a boss. Disobeying a direct order is grounds to be TERMINATED!!!!

I think you are right.. Fire him immediately.. In any other job, he'd been fired already.. And we should let him, or any other firefighter, police officer, whatever, hide behind the race card.

You guys are missing the Boat!!!

He's AA, and as one poster said, "RACE TRUMPS EVERTHING"
I was listening to Lis Brown the other day, her guest was F.I.R.E president Addington Stewart.

You want to know who authored that racially charged paper placed in City hall using the "N" word? It was F.I.R.E with the help of Liz Brown. the one hour Stewart was on her show, that flyer could have been a recap of the content of her show.
You know people, you can buy that tape of her show for 30 bucks and you would see just what I mean.

LadyFireman

This has become a pathetic joke, but unfortunately I'm not laughing.

I Pay for entry level civil service exams.
I pay for promotional exams given to civil service employees.
I'm paying taxes for the salaries of non existant fire Captains.
I pay for a competant fire chief who doesn't push his racist agenda.

So far I'm 0 for 4 with my tax dollars.
Maybe I should, instead, pay for a county address.

MRMGRADY who's being Racist?


LadtFireman

Can tell me how that piece of paper (test)can tell if you are AA or white - I would like to know how this is a racist issue. The issue should be: if you are stupid and fail the test then you do not qualify - if you are smart and pass the test you do qualify. Since the fire department is a team effort - I assure you I would not want an idiot working next to me that I would have to depend upon for my life. The whole problem here is when one does not get his way then he scream RACIST. It should not take too long to fire George - Air Traffic Controllers were Civil Service also and they were out over night.

Here we go again. Playing the race card just because some can't pass a basic test. It is time to take the race card and stick it where the sun don't shine! It has been OVERUSED & ABUSED!!!!!

Ok, the gauntlet has been thrown at my feet... Time to speak.
LadyFireman, you have made several remarks about what bloggers won't do but you have made none as to what we should do. I for one am results driven... If a problem is posed I seek the solution. If a question is raised I seek the answer.

The Problem--- Fire Cheif George has failed to promote fire fighters based on a poor test score that the fire fighters say was biased against BLACK firefighter. I did not see the test so I can not and will not comment as to the content. However, as Mr M Grady stated the issue is not the test, never has been never will be. It is much bigger than the test. Firing Chief George will only serve to add to the problems. Do I believe he should be fired? Yes, do I believe that we need to address the other problems first or atleast at the same time as we fire the Chief yes. It is important to remember that this is an area that is under alot of tension and so when action is taken it needs to be taken with much care so as not to set off a cascade of other issues that can quickly become bigger than any of us can handle. Where are these tensions coming from (what are they)? Well, since its brought up so often, let's list Race. I think the biggest is Fiscal. How do we address them?
What can we do that will enable the promotion of fire fighter, the up grade of their equiptment and training of those fire fighters who may not be meeting promotion standards. Let quit fighting over the problems and working over the solution. Stlff12, ladyfirefighter, if the issue is purely the pr

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if the issue is purely the promotions issue then form a training program to enable those who failed (or did not meet expectations for promotion) to meet the minimum standard for promotion. It's that simple... there will be another round of testing, another chance to move ahead. Prepare your fellow fire fighters don't complain about the injustice.

I have many ideas if you need them and would be willing to share if you're willing to have an open dialog with out mudslinging.

Continue:

I'm not sure most people understand that this city has a small number of potential candidates for city employment(job pool)when they open the gates to everyone to take the entrance examine the stipulation is they must if Hired move into the city if not a residence already.
if you and other pay attention the crime rate in the city is very high the school system is in the toilet.(do you want your kids going to a city school)? the other aspect is the city a long time ago sign a consent decree that 50% of firefighters had to be minorities.
I have been told by old timers that this fight has been going on since the early 70's
is it going to stop No! why because the AA community has this little thing going we can get what we want without working for it(not all but enough)Squeaky wheels get the lube.

This is why it will take the people to change this problem and most people don't have the stomach to raise the question that AA need to change their tactic and stop using their color for advancement.



LadyFire