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[quote name='firemick' post='260065' date='Nov 9 2008, 11:46 ']Anyone know which firehouses Bloomturd is going to close? I know that he doesn't have much opposition because he is going to be giving some big raises to the FDNY members.





p.s. Let me see if i can remember the last batch of closures. Engine 36, Engine 204, Engine 209, Engine 261, Engine 212, & Engine 278.[/quote]





Your half right. The companies mentioned were correct. The opposition factor is incorrect. Any closures will come with the help of city council members (the same ones who pissed on their constituents with Bloomturd overriding the Term Limit law). Some community boards wield tremedous power. MOF the Bushwich CB was very influential in not only keeping Squad 252 on Central Ave, they had the FD buy property from the Board of Ed so E-277 and L-112 had separate bays. Even with rumors of moving 277 to Richmond (Staten Island) as a squad with the amount of engines around them (including mine), it was not meant to be. So any closure will be a fight, tho Bloomturd will close companies anyway.



Many Brothers still live in the city. And many do not want their firehouse closed. And some are going to these CB meetings to explain the difference between an engine and a ladder, so the CB's wont have the wool pulled over their eyes.



And many of us who do not live in the city (like Marc and I) will forego ANY raise to keep companies open. I would like to know your sources for our "big" raise you heard about, cuz we didn't.



Even tho the last 2 contracts were passed, I voted no, even with a decent amount of retro money. I voted no on one contract where cops coming over had to start at the bottom of the pay scale again, knowing I would forego a 5 figure retro check. And screwing probies who had to start at 25k a year.



I voted no on the last contract, for if one volunteers to go to a rescue or squad, you don't deserve 12% more than the rest of the Brothers. And that would have cost me a few thousand as well.



But both of these concessions were "carrots on a stick" to get them to pass. I can look myself in the mirror knowing I voted the right way. Many had no choice with houses and familes, and the city knew that.



So please don't say we will take a few firehouse closures to put money in our pockets. NOTHING can be further from the truth.





Stay safe, Brothers.