Turning Outrage Into Action

By Rudizink

Any lingering doubts about the true motives of Boss Godfrey's administration in connection with 2006 police and firefighter salary "negotiations" were resolved yesterday, we believe, in this matter-of-fact John Patterson guest editorial. Boss Godfrey and his minions are punishing our police and firefighters, and they are doing it blatantly.

In truth, it's obvious that there were no good-faith salary negotiations during the winter run-up toward finalizing our public safety officers' pay plans. Mr. Patterson makes no bones about that. As City Administrator Patterson forthrightly admits, Boss Godfrey initially tendered an identical "take it or leave it offer" to all city employees. When our public safety employees had the temerity to exercise their rights under currently-operative administration/council Joint Resolution 95-9, and plead their case before the city council in the very manner contemplated by the resolution, city administrators, acting in apparent "bad faith," summarily took their initial offer "off the table."

Read the full article here.

We urge you to contact your city councilmembers to demand parity for our police and firemen. This is a problem that can be easily fixed. All that's necessary is for the council to amend the salary portion of an ordinance, which is something that the council has the plenary power to do. The city council has the power, of course, to amend any of its rules, resolutions or ordinances, any time it chooses. It's the city legislature, after all.

For the convenience of our gentle readers, we have placed individual and bulk council email links in our upper-left sidebar. It now only takes a minute to turn outrage into action at Weber County Forum, and we hope you'll all take a few moments to stand up for the dedicated folks who work 24/7 to safeguard our lives and property.

Comments, anyone?