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Florida’s Professional Firefighters Announce Boycott of the City of Clearwater
The Florida Professional Firefighters today is urging its 26,000 members, along with the 280,000 professional fire fighters across the nation and Canada, to boycott the City of Clearwater for their unethical and illegal treatment of its fire fighters.
The boycott stems from several years of issues ranging from illegal demotions and firings, to sexual harassment of female firefighters by Clearwater city manager William Horne and Clearwater Fire Chief Jamie Geer.
The taxpayers of Clearwater have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars funding a personal war by Horne and Geer against the Clearwater Fire Fighters Association (CFFA). This personal war has led to defeat in every legal battle Clearwater has entered in to.
In addition to the money already spent, Clearwater taxpayers have yet to pay for the 26 pending grievances and 1 sexual discrimination case that has yet to be resolved. In tough financial times, the potential to exceed $1 Million in costs is a reality, not a dream.
In response to the way the City of Clearwater has decided to treat its fire fighters, all firefighters coming to Florida are being advised to avoid the Clearwater area as a vacation destination. All fire fighters living in the area are asked to spend their money in neighboring cities and not Clearwater. This boycott will last as long as Clearwater Firefighters are treated as second-class citizens.
For more information on the boycott, as well as the illegal treatment of Clearwater’s firefighters, contact:
- John Lee, President of the Clearwater Firefighters Association at (727) 804-5064.
- David Hogan, Secretary/Treasurer of the Clearwater Firefighters Assn. (727) 647-5659
Please take a moment to visit their web site: www.saveclearwaterfire.org
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Unlike some of the uneducated, jealous and obvious misguided posts by insipid twits, I believe I can speak of the issue with a solid frame of reference having worked in the private sector for over a decade and also as a professional firefighter for almost twenty years. Clearwater’s elected officials and it’s City Manager Bill Horne have carried out their apparent illegal and unlawful fight only because they have taxpayer dollars to do so and a burning vengeance that enables them from suppressing these prohibited activities. In the private sector this would have never happened. City Mgr. Horne’s LOSS of EVERY lawsuit is compelling on it’s face. The Citizens of Clearwater should be appalled & outraged at the waste of their tax dollars. How much so far? Almost $1 Million and counting? The conspicuous inactions of Mayor Hibbard & the Commission to allow these horrifying events to continue, is an apparent certain endorsement and condones these illicit behaviors. The Firefighters have only reacted(and won in COURT)to the injustices that have been committed against them. Wouldn’t you? Or have most Americans been programmed not to fight against injurious wrongdoings committed against them? Become part of the solution by educating yourself COMPLETELY in order to have a logical, serious opinion based in FACT! To Get the facts, visit the website, http://www.saveclearwaterfire.org, and get informed!
Comment by Truth_Reality June 21, 2008 @ 7:44 pmword.
Comment by firestorm June 22, 2008 @ 2:22 pmWell said…
Comment by ffstoney June 25, 2008 @ 8:15 am