Editor: I note a number of yellow signs from the firefighters’ union making their appearance throughout the Township. The current tax and spend council incumbents the IAFF are endorsing obviously represent the softest target from whom to extract or extort maximum wage and benefit packages at the next contract negotiation.
As salaries for firemen are the highest proportion of the annual budget, this represents a major threat to the pocketbooks of all citizens. Fiscal self-preservation alone means vote for anyone but the slate endorsed by the IAFF Local 4550.
Most citizens don’t realize the fire department invoices them for attending any incident it attends. If you are lucky enough to have insurance, it is paid by the underwriter. If not, the $500/hour invoice is handed to you. And you thought it was covered by the exorbitant taxes you were paying to look after the boys in blue.
Lee Lockwood,
Aldergrove
