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You could go as far back as 2015 and look at the comments on any WFD article, any article on pensions and you will see similar comments from a few people. Pandering Corrente saying anything he possibly can on either side of the issue to try and get elected...AGAIN, Rob Cote and Bob Cushman talking about HUGE Dept cuts that had to be made immediately (pensions, benefits) and then I want you to look at comments I made 4 years ago on THIS VERY WEBSITE. I said it's great that Cote and Cushman want to come in and slash pensions and benefits, however, you gain NOTHING from any single Department without concessions on the city side. Its always unpopular to say but the city cannot expect to gain something without giving anything up. That is the cold hard truth, like it or not. I hope we're not having these same conversations 4 years from now. Ruling with an iron fist will only get us so far (as we have seen already that's not far at all.)

I have to laugh when I hear people rip on Solomon or rip the brand new Fire Chief. Of course Solomon is "the worst" etc if we elected Sue Stenhouse NOTHING WOULD CHANGE!!! Investigation OR NOT the current track we're on is unsustainable. Is anyone with a straight face going to argue that point? When I hear "overtime is up" and "grievances have been filed" you have to wonder how this actually ever gets fixed? Will we ever reach a total # of Firemen that will actually curb overtime costs (real question)? Will the grievances just magically stop on a dime? If we're already hearing complaints about the new Chief now, will those complaints suddenly disappear when he starts negotiating concessions on behalf of the WFD? I don't think so. I ask the multiple members of the WFD who comment here, how does this get fixed? If Solomon can't do anything right so far, how does he get you to the table to negotiate? The perception is it seems everyone is always willing to negotiate, until its actually time to head to the negotiating table. We cannot go another 2, 5 or 10 years with the same system in tact. If there is agreement on that are both sides really that far apart? The real question is how do we get there?