Houston City Council approves Firefighters agreement [Video]

Houston – On city council’s table this week ratification of $650 million worth of public safety bonds to compensate long-suffering Houston firefighters for 8-years of over-due back-pay.

It is a critical component of a settlement engineered by Mayor John Whitmire after his predecessor failed to craft a deal during his entire eight years in office.

Contending the deferred pay-out was “too generous”… Council member Edward Pollard asked his colleagues to spike the court-ordered settlement – and take their chances with more litigation.

Pollard said, ” If it were your money in your savings account, you would ask more questions. But because it’s the taxpayer’s money and it’s not coming out of your Wells Fargo or Chase account you are not asking the questions.”

Willie Davis, City Council at-Large 2 added ” If I got to dig out of a hole, I’d rather dig out of one that’s $650 million rather than $1.7 billion.”

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