http://www.roanokefire.com/2010/07/collective-bargaining-passed-the-us-house-of-representatives-moves-to-the-senate/ RoanokeFire.com - Serving Roanoke's Bravest Since 2005 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:54:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.roanokefire.com/2010/07/collective-bargaining-passed-the-us-house-of-representatives-moves-to-the-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-2132 Diogenese Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:26:49 +0000 http://www.roanokefire.com/?p=2427#comment-2132 Well spoken PessimisticYoungBloodRFD. You speak for many here. I want to read the positive things you put here Rhett, but we also need a way our people can vocalize their opinions without retaliation. These are reasons why some of us hope you keep the blog open. I suspect many don't yet know its back as it was idle for so long. Thanks Rhett Diogenese Well spoken PessimisticYoungBloodRFD.
You speak for many here.
I want to read the positive things you put here Rhett, but we also need a way our people can vocalize their opinions without retaliation. These are reasons why some of us hope you keep the blog open.
I suspect many don’t yet know its back as it was idle for so long.
Thanks Rhett
Diogenese

]]> http://www.roanokefire.com/2010/07/collective-bargaining-passed-the-us-house-of-representatives-moves-to-the-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 PessimisticYoungBloodRFD Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:43:28 +0000 http://www.roanokefire.com/?p=2427#comment-2104 Couldn't have said it myself. I love this job, and the fine firefighters I work with, young and old. Im still full of piss and vinegar, so the experience I get here is great. As a young father and husband, providing for my family has grown damn near impossible on city benefits and pay, even with a second job I work nearly full time hours at. Insurance is a joke here...a family plan is outrageous and unaffordable. I did some checking to see what our options are, and with two jobs...working hard and paying taxes...I qualify for medicaid for my wife and child. That in and of itself is an atrocity. I am being forced to my last penny just to keep my head above water. I am in no major debt and spend wisely. I must say as much as I love the men I work with and the experience I gain, my eyes wonder to other job openings. Places where they take care of there employees, where I could provide for my family. A place far different from this city. It's just plain sad the state were in, and we have no one in the upper end of admin standing up for us. Where does it stop? I keep hanging around hoping for the change, I am not sure it is coming before it is too late. How many more young, skilled and vibrant firemen must we lose? Couldn’t have said it myself. I love this job, and the fine firefighters I work with, young and old. Im still full of piss and vinegar, so the experience I get here is great. As a young father and husband, providing for my family has grown damn near impossible on city benefits and pay, even with a second job I work nearly full time hours at. Insurance is a joke here…a family plan is outrageous and unaffordable. I did some checking to see what our options are, and with two jobs…working hard and paying taxes…I qualify for medicaid for my wife and child. That in and of itself is an atrocity. I am being forced to my last penny just to keep my head above water. I am in no major debt and spend wisely. I must say as much as I love the men I work with and the experience I gain, my eyes wonder to other job openings. Places where they take care of there employees, where I could provide for my family. A place far different from this city. It’s just plain sad the state were in, and we have no one in the upper end of admin standing up for us. Where does it stop? I keep hanging around hoping for the change, I am not sure it is coming before it is too late. How many more young, skilled and vibrant firemen must we lose?

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