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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (618741)	7/10/2011 3:33:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579896

One of those employees made more than $60,000 in overtime, and three made at least $30,000 through extra shifts. You don't think firefighters should work extra shifts or don't you think firefighters should earn a reasonable wage? What exactly is your complaint? And don't throw in my face that $90k salary figure dependent on working extra shifts......that's the strawman to get all you teaper slimeballs all worked up.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (618741)	7/10/2011 4:10:30 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579896

This is sick. And this comment tells the story: saying firefighters and paramedics require a "high-level, specialized training" that "oftentimes provides for some sort of salary incentives No one wants to hate on firefighters. But REALLY? Are these people trained on the level of of engineers, various medical personnel, software developers, accountants, tax specialists, etc.? And that's at 90k. And about that overtime. We're not talking about overtime fighting a fire here. A friend & former client was a manager at a Central Dallas fire station. One year they had EXACTLY ONE call for a fire. The rest were freaking auto accidents where a firetruck just has to show up as a matter of practice. I'm not putting them down in any way; they do an important job. But at a time when 16% of the country is unemployed, I cannot imagine that there wouldn't be lines a mile long to take one of these jobs at half the money.