Silence fell in the council chambers Tuesday, as Mayor Rick Meehan and the City Council listened to Jamie Albright of the Board of Elections announce that the local firefighter/paramedic union’s petition had enough signatures to take the union’s quest for binding interest arbitration to referendum.
Required by Maryland law to obtain 20 percent of Ocean City’s registered voters’ signatures to force a referendum, the petition exceeded that mark by 201 voters.
“There were 1,656 signatures, and 242 were invalid,” Albright read from a letter written by Board of Elections Chairwoman Mary Adeline Bradford. “The board found the other 1,414 signatures were valid.”
I don't know which is worse, caving in to give a FD union's members whatever they want when they want or running the Transportation department by a committee that knows nothing about transportation. The people who pay 99% of the taxes can't vote so there are no checks and balances.
Good, I signed the petition, because I want the voter's to get a chance to send a clear message. We will send a resounding NO not only to binding arbitration, but to public unions. They are geady self serving thief's calling themselves hero's. Just wait, we'll show them.
the citizens will finally get a chance to see what and ass the fire chief is.he has been all smoke and mirrors his entire tenure.must be pretty bad when the chief was not welcomed to his own firefighters funeral. say a lot about his character.everyone will see the truth. oh and no more filling up your boat with the fire co. funds on a daily basis.
I don't know which is worse, caving in to give a FD union's members whatever they want when they want or running the Transportation department by a committee that knows nothing about transportation. The people who pay 99% of the taxes can't vote so there are no checks and balances.
ReplyDeleteGood, I signed the petition, because I want the voter's to get a chance to send a clear message. We will send a resounding NO not only to binding arbitration, but to public unions. They are geady self serving thief's calling themselves hero's. Just wait, we'll show them.
ReplyDeletethe citizens will finally get a chance to see what and ass the fire chief is.he has been all smoke and mirrors his entire tenure.must be pretty bad when the chief was not welcomed to his own firefighters funeral. say a lot about his character.everyone will see the truth. oh and no more filling up your boat with the fire co. funds on a daily basis.
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ReplyDeleteThe payroll in OC is out of control. House, condos and hotels of cards!