'375' Head Must Step Aside
      To the Editor: Most members of the Civil Service Technical Guild, Local 375 of District Council 37, have long known that the problems of Local 375 are not the work of a few disgruntled individuals trying to "overthrow" President Claude Fort.
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TWU's Roberts Sells Out
      To the Editor: As an elected officer in the TWU Local 100 Maintenance of Way Department, I was shocked and appalled that Barry Roberts agreed to join the horribly destructive Toussaint dictatorship (Dec. 26 issue). As one who ran with the Rail and Bus United slate, I supported Barry Roberts wholeheartedly. This was not such an easy task.
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TWU Investment Mystery
      To the Editor: In Richard Steier's Dec. 5 column, "Toussaint's International Intrigue Thickens TWU Plot," Ainsley Stewart conjectures as to some impropriety vis-à-vis the sale of TWU Local 100's headquarters. It is understandable why Mr.
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PBA Opened Pension Gap
      To the Editor: Back in the early 1970s, then-Governor Rockefeller appointed Otto Kinzel, a former Union Carbide executive, to do a study and report on public-employee pensions. The Kinzel Commission report was devastating and created for the first time a tier system, today known as tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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She's No Friend of Merit
      To the Editor: Last week's issue of The Chief has very important statements by Rob Croghan, Lou Albano and Arthur Cheliotes defending the merit system in civil service and castigating the crude attempts by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to prostitute the merit system by hiring thousands of political hacks in Confidential Strategy Planner and
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Downsize the Council
      To the Editor: The continuing economic meltdown is devastating to many New Yorkers, with the key exception of some of our elected officials. Instead of sharing the pain, they've exacerbated it for the general public by raising taxes, fees, penalties, and other grabs.
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