Archive for December 9th, 2006
A BENEFIT for
Officer Patricia A Parete & Officer Carl E. Andolina
THIS Friday December 15, 2006 from 5pm to 8pm.
At Club Marcella 622 Main St in Buffalo NY ( right next to Shea’s Theater )
$25 DONATION All proceeds to benefit the officers and their families.
3 hours of open bar on bottled beer well drinks and finger food.
for more information or to make a donation call 716-847-6850.
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Jack Reid, of Blasdell, believes that the Control Board should lift the wage freeze affecting city police and firefighters.
The sad event of Dec. 5 only underscores how little the Buffalo control board values the hard work and dedication of city employees. Two Buffalo police officers - working under a contract that was signed in good faith and then frozen by the control board - were shot, resulting in life-threatening injuries.
The Control Board doesn’t care about the lives of police officers because they haven’t lifted the wage freeze? Where is the logic? Becasue the two officers showed up for work, that justifies a raise? All police officers who are unhappy with the Control Board have the option to quit and work else where.
The fact that they show up for work everyday leads to two possible conclusions. The first is that they are overpaid and continue to work. The second is that they are paid just the right amount of money and continue to work.
If they were as underpaid as the union would like us to believe, the police would quit and seek employment else where. The fact that there is no mass exodus, from the police or firefighter’s ranks, is because they know they are getting a good deal compensation wise.
Those who try to use the shootings as leverage for a raise should spend a few days locked up with Varner Harris Jr.
