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Rob, or Captain or Mike Fontaine, whatever you go by today,

Lets say I stipulate that you are correct that ALL side deals are illegal, You have provided one in which you allege the firefighters have been overpaid by what $250,000? Great, for argument lets say I accept your point. I would suggest you have only put forth MOA's which support you position. I point to the warwick beacon article of 2/16/10. This article describes concessions by the fire department in 2010 and 2009 totaling $636,000, all of which were done by MOU's. So using your argument, the firefighters are actually owed in the neighborhood of $386,000? As you stated above, It doesn't matter which side of a MOU you are on, they are ALL illegal. You and Ken have called the firefighters thieves, criminals and other derogatory terms. I ask you, was it their responsibility to bring the MOU"s to the council, or was it the administration's? Did the firefighters cut the checks? Do firefighters staff the finance and personnel departments? Talking to the firefighters none of them have ever seen the paper sheets you posted. These books are kept by office staff assigned from city hall. Should they have a better system for accounting? absolutely! but watching the council meetings, they refuse to supply the department with the equipment they need to efficiently provide EMERGENCY services, do you actually think the council would approve hundreds of thousands of dollars for a Human resource program? Maybe now but in the past? Again, is it the fire unions responsibility to provide the correct HR system for the city, or is it the administrations? Just asking, trying to be respectful and not derogatory.