Yes, both are having great difficulty. Covington even has a rogue council person who likes to get drunk on a Friday night and spew profanities at the IAFF Local. It is very toxic.
It appears that in Cincinnati, the city has been "paying the bills" the past several years by "having garage sales" to make up the expected shortfalls. This year, they had planned on something along the lines of selling parking lots and it didn't happen...thus, the humongous shortfall is looming, which equals laying off dozens and dozens of FFs, losing their SAFER funding, and closing around half of the fire companies. It is a mess.
Kent Parrish
Louisville, KY
It appears that in Cincinnati, the city has been "paying the bills" the past several years by "having garage sales" to make up the expected shortfalls. This year, they had planned on something along the lines of selling parking lots and it didn't happen...thus, the humongous shortfall is looming, which equals laying off dozens and dozens of FFs, losing their SAFER funding, and closing around half of the fire companies. It is a mess.
Kent Parrish
Louisville, KY
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