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Fenceman, I do not comment here often but I do read every day. Mostly I write the ranting adout and hate for firefighters off as sour grapes. Cushman because he was voted out. Cote becaues a firefighter at his marina has a bigger boat than he does. whatever. but I have read your above comment and has to right some wrong information. I dont know why you have some of it so wrong, lazy research, or just the slanted feeding from Bob and Rob it doesn't matter. So just a few corrections.

1-As far as cutting benifits for a firefighter who has a second job. Do we do that to workers in the private sector who have to work 2 or 3 jobs? I think not!! So this is just silliness on your part.

2-your health care copay argument. According to the bureau of labor statistics the average co insurance payment for private sector workers was 19.1% in 2012. FF's in warwick pay 20% so we are right in line with the private sector.

3-Your argument on pensions is to silly to be argued here. I'll need another page. but as far as the argument about unfunded liabilities in pensions. I agree that there are problems with pension 1. that was before my time. But the panic over "unfunded" liability is a little overblown. The fear mongering number of 1 BILLION DOLLARS is just that, fear mongering. That number is combining every penny of debt from every accound of the city that needs to be paid back over the next 30 YEARS or so and using it to scare the citizens and try to erode the benifits of city employees. Lets investigate the argument I hear alot about this. "I don't run my house like this" is the mantra of debt mongerers. I think they do run their house like this just like most people do, they just refuse to admit it. I have a mortgage (debt) a car payment (debt) and a few buck on my home depot card (debt). Now I do not have enough cash in my savings account to pay all of these debts TODAY. so I have an unfunded liability in my personal finances. I have to pay these debst over the next 4-30 YEARS. but according to the debt mongerers I should be running to the bankrupcy courts!! SILLINESS!!

4-your sick day argument. 2 days in 15 years? Really? sounds like an exaggeration to me but if its true congratulations! but I am sure that while you are installing fences??? (fenceman??) or whatever you do, you do not come in close contact with ill people couging and throwing up on you, so yes we get sick, and if you investigate I believe you wil find that most firefighters use far fewer that their 20 days. As far as rollover of days, maybe you should investigate the cost to the city of TDI insurance premiums. We do not have TDI for when we are sick. I believe you will find the cost of TDI would be MUCH more expensive than any sick day rollover cost. Be careful what you wish for!!

5-as far as your "halloween joke" , in my over 20 years on the job I have NEVER seen anyone get detail pay on Halloween. Did you research and find out if this has cost anything to the city?? No?? just because something is written in a contract does not mean is costs the city anything!

6-your "waiting for releif" complaint. First- NO ONE gets 4 hours of overtime for getting relieved 15 minutes late. That is just flat out lazy research on your part!! Now I am sure that you investigated the number of times a year this late relief occurs?? RIght? Because before you accuse me of fraud and manipulating the system you would have all of the CORRECT facts right?? I mean because you are such a bastion of truth and knowledge and justice?? Right?? I didn't think so, the actual number of times this happens in a year could be counted on 2 hands. And if you bothered to look into this you would find that usually it is the rescue crews who are at the hospitals with patients well after their shift ends.

7- Staffing rescues with 3 people?? I'M IN, ALL FOR IT!! lets start tomorrow!! As far as your statement about when 2 trucks respond to a call that is 2 run numbers. Another incorrect fact!! (poor research maybe?) If 1 truck responds to a call or 6, there is ONE incident number generated, that is it, no question and no exceptions!!

8-No one gets free lifetime health care from the city. When a retiree is eligible for medicare they are shifted over.

So just a little fact checking on your ranting. PLEASE, PLEASE!! if you are going to accuse us of fraud and waste, and degrade the work we do every day PLEASE at the very least have your facts correct!! Just take some time and do a little research from independent sources not just take the garbage from the debt mongerers!!

Have a nice day.