[Vision2020] love for police

[J Ford]

If I remember correctly, the Mayor herself stated she did not see the need 
for a union, that the City was perfectly capable (yikes!) of negotiating 
contracts, etc. with the cops and the fire/emt people and that as long as 
she is Mayor, there would be no union.  This was during an Admin Meeting 
earlier in the present fiscal term.  She also felt it would prove way too 
expensive for the City if the cops, etc. had a union.

Linda Pall should be able to verify this information.

J  :]





>From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
>Reply-To: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
>To: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] love for police
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:07:08 -0700
>
>I do not remember exactly what transpired. As I recall the city said the 
>police could not have union representation. I believe that is wrong. They 
>should be able to have a union if they want and be represented by it, but 
>not all police officers should be forced to join. If my memory is not 
>accurate, please refresh it.
>
>Roger
>-----Original message-----
>From: "Andreas Schou" ophite at gmail.com
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:48:05 -0700
>To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] love for police
>
> > On 6/22/07, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> > > keely
> > > Your argument is good, but there are trade offs to everything. Some 
>people will always benefit from the work of others.
> > > Individual freedom should be paramount.
> >
> > Roger --
> >
> > The choice is between non-union members unfairly benefitting from the
> > work of union members and management unfairly benefitting from the
> > work of the patrol officers. "Individual freedom" vs. "collective
> > bargaining" is nothing but a smokescreen.
> >
> > -- ACS
>
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