Ogden Firefighters Set the Record Straight

By Rudizink

"Elite employees deserve elite paychecks." That, in a nutshell, is the constant mantra of Blessed Boss Godfrey. Well... it's constant, at least, on those occasions Boss G is called upon to defend the elite paychecks and perques of that cadre of top-brass executive fat-cats and do-nothings-in-suits about whom he fawningly refers as his "A" Team.

But when it comes to the employees that most Ogdenites would consider truly "elite," Boss Godfrey's mantra is plainly one far more often honored in the breach than in the observance. By this we refer to our uniformed public safety officers -- our rank-and-file police and firefighters. (You know -- the elite employees Boss Godfrey is screwing over at this very minute. )

Thanks to the Standard-Examiner, Ogden citizens read on Monday the unvarnished grievances of our police officer rank-and-file. Today, for added citizen dyspepsia, we get a similar lowdown on administration shenanigans from our beleaguered firefighters.

This morning's Kevin Hoffman guest editorial not only focuses on Ogden City's ham-handed mishandling of the firefighter salary negotiations, but also harshly illuminates the Machiavellian manner by which the administration allegedly attempted to engineer a firefighter endorsement for its Godfrey/Peterson "welfare-for-the-rich" landgrab. Firefighter Hoffman brings up a now familiar accusation, sticks to his guns, and certainly minces no words. What a pity it is that we'll never be able to put Boss Godfrey and his A-Team pals on a polygraph over this.

And what about our gentle readers? Who wouldn't like to see Boss Godfrey strapped to a lie detector for a couple of hours, and asked a whole series of questions?

Bring your own rubber hoses.

Don't let the cat get your tongues.