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Letters to the Editor: FDNY Retaliation Condoned To the Editor: This letter is in response to the recent decision reached in the reinstatement of Brian Colella as an FDNY Electrician (March 30 issue). The question that should be raised is why hasn't the Fire Department sought disciplinary charges against Building Maintenance Division Superviso... More ... CUNY CONTRACT BLUES To the Editor: Long after most of District Council 37, for better or worse, ratified a contract, and months after the Board of Trustees reportedly gave City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and fewer than 30 other CUNY executives raises totaling more than $600,000, several locals including 384 ... More ... FLOUTING CIVIL SERVICE To the Editor: The Chief is a strong advocate of the civil service merit system. That system was put in place over the years to counter the "spoils system" which caused widespread unjustified firings when new public officials were elected and they wanted to reward their supporters with public jobs. More ... BUST RUDY'S MYTH To the Editor: In reference to the For the Record column (March 30 issue) which discussed the Crain's New York Business on-line survey regarding Rudy Giuliani's presidential candidacy, I would like to share my comments that were posted in response to the original article. More ... TRYING TO SMEAR BELL To the Editor: Anthony Jeffers was arrested March 25 for riding his bike on the sidewalk (delivery men do it all over the city). Then, some police officers and union reps reported that some time last summer, Jeffers said, he was shot by Sean Bell, the deceased victim in the 50-shot police shooting. Why does this ... More ... DUCKING LIKE A DUCK To the Editor: This letter is in response to the March 9 For The Record article and the March 16 Letter to the Editor submitted in response by Local 375's Second Vice President, Michelle Keller. The March 9 For the Record item claims that I was among those who countered that Mitch Feder was just using a figure o... More ... KELLER AND FORD To the Editor: As an outsider who's done some work for Michelle Keller and Local 375, I'm not directly familiar with the day-to-day minutiae in the election campaigns. But what I can say is that I've never detected the slightest hint of any racism or other prejudice on her part. Every time I've had any dealing o... More ... |
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