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Firefighters, county face PR battle to win renewal of tax up for vote in 2014
Las Vegas Sun ^ | 06/14/2012 | By Joe Schoenmann (contact)

Posted on 06/14/2012 6:07:05 PM PDT by redreno

A federal lawsuit by battalion chiefs of the Clark County Fire Department against the county disappeared Tuesday with little fanfare.

Fearful that county officials might decertify their union, the “batt-chiefs” sued the county after the county refused to guarantee it would not make a decertification attempt. The matter was quickly ended in court, though, when the county agreed not to seek decertification — for now.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: firefighter; nevada; taxes; unions

1 posted on 06/14/2012 6:07:17 PM PDT by redreno
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To: redreno

What is bizarre about this is you have firefighter “management” acting on behalf of the union. What a vile racket these public sector unions have become.


2 posted on 06/14/2012 6:36:43 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: redreno

End the government unionizing against America, it is just too irrational.


3 posted on 06/14/2012 6:37:58 PM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors, where the GOP now goes for it's Presidential candidates.)
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To: redreno

If I was one of the County officials there would be a few battalion chiefs on unpaid leave until the board considered termination.


4 posted on 06/14/2012 8:11:28 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: lodi90

similar to school principals....they always want more for their teacher friends because it means their own pay increases proportionately....


5 posted on 06/15/2012 5:27:23 AM PDT by cherry
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