|
|
|
|
| Action
Center |
Save Charlotte County
Information pages on Charlotte County Fire and EMS efforts to stop privatization issue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome
|
|
|
You are not
currently logged in.
|
|
|
|
|
Local 2546 - Notices to Members
"Notices to Members" We have updated the web site and have moved some recent headline items. We have created a new MDA page and the link is located to the left. We have also moved the Charlotte County training class information to the Events section. Please feel free to browse the entire site and update yourself on all information important to you. Training Opportunity: Critical Incident Stress Management (C.I.S.M.) Wendy Norman with Charlotte County here, we are attempting to put together a C.I.S.M. Peer class in Sept. or Oct. of this year in Charlotte County at our Head Quarters in Punta Gorda. The class is 3 day 9:00-5:00 and Certificate for PEER C.I.S.M. will be issued. At this time I am trying to get a rough head count of people interested in this training opportunity. Cost will be for books around $75.00 (give or take). Please feel free to call with any question 941-628-5686 (C) Wendy Norman St-7-C ARFF/FF/EMT Charlotte County Fire/EMS email wendy.norman@charlottefl.com or wnpinky@aol.com MDA Event: Suncoast Lights and Sirens Softball Tournament July 11th, 2009 Venice By-Pass Park Registration fee: $200 per team Contact J Nilson to sign your team up today! J Nilson jnilson@scgov.net 
Click on Link for Team Application 941-979-2280 Homerun Contest with a $10 entry fee. Prizes vary… Awards given to the 1st & 2nd place teams, raffles throughout the day, food and beverages for sale throughout the day as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Articles of Interest
Posted
On: Jul 02, 2009 (09:06:54)
| 07/02/09 | Patterson Republican state Rep. Pat Patterson kicked off his campaign Wednesday for state chief financial officer from his hometown of DeLand (pictured below). But to win the office, the 10-year House veteran must first get through Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach. One reason to wat... | | Daytona Beach News Journal | 07/02/09 | Thieves walk off with ATM from Daytona hotel lobby Increase in prescription drug deaths reported Rattlesnake bite sends Pierson man to hospital 3 hospitalized after jet reporting smoke aboard makes unscheduled landing at Daytona Property values Taxable property values have plummeted in Volu... | | Boston Globe | 07/02/09 | The three-year battle between Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the citys firefighters took a dramatic turn yesterday when union firefighters took up positions inside neighborhood firehouses in defiance of City Halls insistence that their presence there was illegal. Union officials said they were v... | | South Florida Business Journal | 07/01/09 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted state lawmakers Wednesday for failure to plug a $24 billion hole in the state budget before the start of the new fiscal year and called a special session of the state Legislature to fix the budget mess. Failure to pass a budget b... | | Florida Today | 07/01/09 | Attorney General Bill McCollum and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, Republican and Democratic rivals respectively in the 2010 race for governor, are now the targets of ethics complaints charging that they used state airplanes for personal travel. Kenneth Quinnell, a member of the Leon County Demo... | | Stuart News | 07/01/09 | MARTIN COUNTY The typical longtime Martin County homeowner would pay $94 more in county property taxes in 2010 under a budget proposal released Wednesday. Acting County Administrator Tary Kryzda proposed setting the property tax rate at $7.98 per $1,000 of assessed value for the budget year starti... | | 07/01/09 | Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Crist's sellout to developers is now complete" "Angering conservationists and siding with developers, Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday signed a controversial bill that would give water management district staff working b... | | 07/01/09 | Bad news for Jeff Kottkamp. Republican strategist Sally Bradshaw floated a significant name for attorney general in that Ron Sachs video below: AHCA Secretary and former Pensacola state Rep. Holly Benson. "She's a bright, articulate young woman and a lot... | | 07/01/09 | | 07/01/09 | | Tallahassee Democrat | 07/01/09 | Most notable are the seatbelt law and cigarette tax Driving without a seatbelt just got more expensive and cigarette smokers will pay another nickel every time they light up, under new laws enacted by the 2009 Florida Legislature. Cops will have to be more careful about which drug offenders ge... |
|
|
News Articles of Interest
Posted
On: Jul 01, 2009 (10:39:03)
| Bradenton Herald | 07/01/09 | The 5-4 ruling Monday, backing of reverse discrimination claims by white firefighters, is unlikely to derail Sotomayor's nomination - and it may not even sway a vote. Reaction to the decision fell almost purely along partisan lines, with Republicans cheering the decision and saying it raises serious... | | Florida Today | 07/01/09 | Attorney General Bill McCollum has a comfortable lead over his chief rival in the governor's race, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday. McCollum, a Republican, would beat Sink, a Democrat, 41 percent to 35 percent, according to the poll. Mason-Dixon ... | | Orlando Sentinel | 07/01/09 | TALLAHASSEE -- With the start of a new fiscal year Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist's budget director has notified state agencies that the financial picture seems to have stabilized for now. Unlike last year -- when the governor began the fiscal year by ordering agencies to hold back 4 percent of thei... | | Southwest Florida Herald Tribune | 07/01/09 | On his last day as chief of the Sarasota County Fire Department, Brian Gorski gets a hug from Battalion Chief Matthew Flynn, during a surprise official send-off Tuesday afternoon. More than 100 local fire personnel, along with Gorski's family and the Sarasota County Fire Department Honor Guard, were... | | Miami Herald | 07/01/09 | As Hollywood commissioners weigh shutting parks, delivering pink slips and hiking the tax rate to close a $22 million budget gap, they are poised to approve a union contract ensuring steady pay raises and solid pension benefits to city firefighters. The proposed contract, set for a vote Wednesday, ... | | Lakeland Ledger | 07/01/09 | ater and wastewater workers said 'No' on Tuesday to joining a union. City Water Utilities workers Tuesday voted 65-57 to reject the unionization attempt by the Washington D.C.-based Utility Workers Union of America. 'I'm appreciative that the vote turned out the way it did,' said Deputy City Manage... | | Naples Daily News | 07/01/09 | The precipitous drop in property values wont be quite as bad as feared, Lee County Property Appraiser Ken Wilkinson said Tuesday. Taxable value in Lee County dropped by 22.71 percent, slightly less than Wilkinson first predicted a month ago. Wilkinson said it's still the biggest drop in the state. ... | | Naples Daily News | 07/01/09 | NAPLES A former east coast assistant chief is taking over the Naples fire department. Naples officials announced Tuesday that Stephen McInerny II, 48, has been hired to fill the Naples fire chief position. McInerny will replace former chief Jim McEvoy, who retired June 12. It was an extremely dif... | | Boston Globe | 06/30/09 | THE FRENZY is akin to the running of the brides at Filenes Basement, but the payoff is a fattened pension instead of a discounted wedding dress. That describes the mad rush of Boston firefighters with disability claims who scampered to file for retirement before a new pension law goes into effect to... | | Orlando Sentinel | 06/30/09 | In these challenging economic times, Orange County and the city of Orlando are confronted with tough choices. So it's no surprise that with fewer tax dollars to make ends meet, how to pay for and provide public services has become a pressing issue in this community. In the Orlando Sentinel editorial... | | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 06/30/09 | HOLLYWOOD - In less than two weeks, city officials will have to start looking for an estimated $22.7 million in budget cuts to make ends meet. But first, on Wednesday, they must vote on a proposed fire contract one commissioner warns will only make the city's financial problems worse, while turning... | | 06/30/09 | Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has hired lawyer Mark Herron to represent her in her ethics complaint on charges that she used the state plane to transport her family and to commute to her Tampa home. Tallahassee lawyer and Republican... | | Boston Globe | 06/30/09 | PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Gov. Don Carcieri signed a $7.8 billion budget Tuesday that raises the state's capital gains and gasoline taxes to bridge a big deficit brought on by soaring unemployment and tumbling tax revenue. Carcieri acted hours before the start of a new fiscal year beginning Wednesday. Whi... | | 06/30/09 | The chairman of the Leon County Democratic Party resigned today to begin an eco-friendly campaign for the Florida House, challenging first-term Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda of Tallahassee. Rick Minor, a political consultant and business-policy adviser, said the District 9 representative has ... | | 06/30/09 | Sen. Mike Fasano was surprised. As he looked at the SUV parked at a wedding recently, the Senate's transporation budget chief noticed a vanity license plate that simply said "Senate President." Fasano knew it didn't belong to Senate President Jeff... | | Dallas Morning News | 06/30/09 | Companies don't roll out new employee benefits in recessions. But one exception to that rule can be found in some employer-provided group life insurance plans this year. Employees at a small but growing number of companies are gaining access to funeral planning services. With the help of a funeral ... | | Boston Globe | 06/30/09 | MONTEREY, Calif. WHILE NEW ENGLANDERS ponder just how soggy a summer this might be, Californians are bracing for another dangerously dry season, with high temperatures and increased risk of fire. Nationwide, there have already been over 41,000 wildfires this year - 10,000 more than the 10-year aver... | | Boston Globe | 06/30/09 | TO THIS DAY, black and Hispanic applicants suffer unfair disadvantages in the job market, in the form of either overt discrimination or hiring and promotion policies that perpetuate old wrongs. But a ham-handed effort by the City of New Haven to avoid a civil-rights lawsuit - which prompted a stiff ... | | The Politico | 06/30/09 | Tags: Supreme Court , Sonia Sotomayor , Text Size - + reset The Supreme Court's reversal of Sotomayor's decision on the New Haven 20 could hurt her nomination. Photo: AP Digg/Buzz It Up POLITICO 44 The Politico 44 Story Widget Requires Adobe Flash Player. In awarding a victory Monday to... | | Orlando Sentinel | 06/30/09 | HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The Supreme Court ruling in favor of white New Haven firefighters who said they were victims of reverse discrimination will probably leave employers confused, civil rights advocates and labor attorneys say. The court ruled 5-4 Monday that the white firefighters were denied pro... | | Boston Globe | 06/30/09 | WASHINGTONFoes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court's reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case. The 5-4 ruling Monday, backing of reverse discrimination claims by white firefighters, is unlikely to derail Sotomayor's nomination -- and it may not even s... |
|
|
News Articles of Interest
Posted
On: Jul 01, 2009 (10:38:42)
WASHINGTONFoes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court's reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case. The 5-4 ruling Monday, backing of reverse discrimination claims by white firefighters, is unlikely to derail Sotomayor's nomination -- and it may not even s... | | Chicago Tribune | 06/30/09 | The Supreme Court says white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were the victims of illegal discrimination when the city tossed out their test results and denied them promotions. Karen Lee Torre, an attorney who represented white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., celebrates with them at the federal ... | | Detroit News | 06/30/09 | Reversal in bias case seen as a rebuke to nominee Sotomayor Mark Sherman / Associated Press Washington -- The Supreme Court declared Monday that white firefighters in Connecticut were unfairly denied promotion because of their race, ruling against minorities in a major reverse discrimination case ... | | St. Petersburg Times | 06/30/09 | Democratic attorney general candidate Dan Gelber has snagged a bunch of endorsements from area state representatives: Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg, Janet Long of Seminole, Mike Michael Scionti of Tampa, Bill Heller of Petersburg) and Betty Reed of Tampa. All served with state Sen. Gelber in the H... | | StarBanner.com | 06/30/09 | MIAMI - Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a new law designed to strengthen Florida's investor protection law. Crist held a signing ceremony Monday as a judge in New York sentenced Bernard Madoff, who once owned a Palm Beach mansion, to spend the rest of his life in prison for swindling billions from inv... | | Boston Globe | 06/30/09 | Nearly 30 Boston firefighters with pending disability claims filed for retirement yesterday, just two days before a new state law ends a controversial benefit that allows them to significantly enhance their pensions if they claim career-ending injuries occurred while filling in for a superior at a h... | | Gainesville Sun | 06/30/09 | A 15-month-old child is in critical condition after nearly drowning Sunday afternoon in an inflatable swimming pool. Sky Kennedy was playing in the backyard under the supervision of her cousin, Brittany Price, 18, and Price's boyfriend, Alex Gibbs, 20, when the incident occurred shortly before 3 p.... | | USA Today | 06/30/09 | Our view on diversity in the workplace: Firefighters ruling draws new lines on race and hiring Better ways than rigid tests exist to determine job promotions. Affirmative action has been deeply controversial since President Kennedy sketched its outlines in a 1961 executive order, but it has changed ... | | St. Petersburg Times | 06/30/09 | Hitting up fellow lawmakers and taxpayer advocates alike, Miami Republican Rep. David Rivera is blasting out emails in a final fundraising pitch for the quarter. Rivera, who faces fellow Miami Republican Rep. Anitere Flores for state senate, reminds anyone with an email list that there's just a day ... | | 06/29/09 | The Associated Press reports: A new poll shows Republican Gov. Charlie Crist has a sizable lead in his campaign for Senate. A Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. telephone survey taken June 24-26 shows Crist leading primary opponent Marco Rubio by a 51-23 percent margin. In a general election ... | | Jacksonville Daily Record | 06/29/09 | A crowd of more than 200 people gathered on Laura Street across from City Hall Saturday morning for the formal dedication of the Jake M. Godbold City Hall Annex. Godbold was mayor of Jacksonville from Jan. 1, 1979 to July 1, 1987. His legacy includes the Southbank Riverwalk, Metropolitan Park, the ... | | 06/29/09 | Jeb Bush Jr. sent a fundraising note out this morning asking for people to support Republican Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate and included this dig at Rubios primary oppoonent, Gov. Charlie Crist: Governor Crist has been crisscrossing his way across Florida one $2,000-a-plate dinner at a time, taking mo... |
|
|
News Articles of Interest
Posted
On: Jun 29, 2009 (09:59:28)
| Boston Globe | 06/28/09 | WASHINGTON - A closely watched discrimination lawsuit by white firefighters who say they have unfairly been denied promotions is one of three remaining Supreme Court cases awaiting resolution tomorrow. The court intends to finish its work for the summer that day, Chief Justice John G. Roberts said.... | | Tampa Tribune | 06/28/09 | T An economic recovery that is strong and fast would provide some relief, but if the recovery is slow, local governments could be forced to lay off workers to keep paying generous retirement benefits to former workers. A statewide investigation is needed to determine the scope of the problem, publ... | | Miami Herald | 06/28/09 | As the courtroom door swung open, Ray Sansom immediately headed for the elevator. Reporters scrambled to catch up and ask the ousted House speaker what he told the grand jury. Suddenly, a hard crash. A photographer backpedaling in the narrow hallway hit a bench and fell to the floor. Sansom, who bl... | | Lakeland Ledger | 06/28/09 | When Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a major insurance bill last week that had strong support among lawmakers, insurance companies and major Florida businesses, speculation began immediately that the Legislature could override the governor's veto. After all, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the bill, w... | | Naples Daily News | 06/28/09 | NAPLES The Naples restaurant was packed Saturday night, and it was all to benefit 7-year-old Hunter DiMaria. Hunter, the daughter of Naples Fire Battalion Chief Pete DiMaria, was born with a congenital heart defect. After several surgeries to correct the problem, she now needs a heart transplant. ... | | Jupiter Courier | 06/28/09 | FORT PIERCE Like countless others kicking off the weekend, Jay Larson cracked open a few beers and ordered himself a pizza Friday night on Hutchinson Island. One big difference not too many of those Treasure Coast partiers swam 1/4 of a mile in the Indian River, rode a bike for 14 miles and capped... | | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 06/28/09 | PALM BEACH COUNTY - A worsening Palm Beach County budget squeeze leaves a political showdown looming for county commissioners and the sheriff over how to rein in overtime and other personnel expenses. Palm Beach County taxpayers paid more than $23 million in overtime to employees in county departme... | | Bradenton Herald | 06/28/09 | COLUMBIA, S.C. Texas Gov. Rick Perry was raising money at campaign headquarters when an Associated Press reporter called his press staff to ask what he was doing. An hour later, he walked into APs statehouse bureau to show he was alive and well and not, say, in South America for a romantic rendezvo... | | Palm Beach Interactive | 06/27/09 | To preserve those bragging rights this year, however, commissioners will have to find about $70 million in budget cuts and cost savings, the county's budget office estimates. What: Palm Beach County Commission budget workshop. Where: Commission chambers, sixth floor, 301 N. Olive Ave., West Palm C... | | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 06/27/09 | The budget war being waged between Broward County commissioners and Sheriff Al Lamberti has suddenly left 14 municipalities caught in the crossfire. A county audit found those communities pay the Broward Sheriff's Office about $14.4 million less than they should for law enforcement and, in some cas... | | Lakeland Ledger | 06/27/09 | ater and wastewater workers will vote Tuesday on whether to unionize. The 133 workers eligible to vote will choose between the Utility Workers Union of America and the status quo. The UWUA already represents more than 300 Electric workers. There was a time when a union vote evoked considerable conc... | | 06/27/09 | Former Republican state Rep. Joe Negron raised another $134,475 over the last two weeks thats better than a $9,600-a-day clip to bring his contribution total to $373,644 for the special Aug. 4 election for the District 28 state Senate seat. Negron has spent $118,267 so far, according to repor... | | St. Petersburg Times | 06/27/09 | By Alex Leary and Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau In Print: Saturday, June 27, 2009 TALLAHASSEE State Rep. Ray Sansom, already indicted by a grand jury, now faces disciplinary action from his colleagues after an investigator Friday found probable cause that he damaged 'faith and co... |
|
|
News Articles of Interest
Posted
On: Jun 29, 2009 (09:53:17)
| St. Petersburg Times | 06/27/09 | Pinellas Park Mayor Bill Mischler recently returned from the annual conference of mayors with his nose a bit out of joint. He - and the other 179 mayors who attended - were outraged because members of the Obama administration, including Vice President Joe Biden, had cancelled plans to meet with the ... | | Miami Herald | 06/27/09 | Alex Sink, the leading Democratic contender for governor in 2010, landed a predictable but potentially weighty endorsement Friday from a national fundraising group for Democratic women who support abortion rights. The nod from Washington-based EMILY's List could mean millions of dollars directly to... | | News-Press.com | 06/27/09 | The Lehigh Acres Fire Commission is in a bind. It is under pressure from firefighters who want to keep their jobs and residents who want services maintained. On the other side, it is being squeezed by cruel budget realities. Traditionally, the firefighters prevail on spending issues. A district'... | | Orlando Sentinel | 06/27/09 | Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty said he's all for looking at consolidating Orlando and Orange County government ? but he doesn't plan to do anything about it. Pushed by budget-pinched county commissioners to start talks with Orlando on consolidating fire services, Crotty responded by saying he suppo... | | Jupiter Courier | 06/27/09 | TALLAHASSEE Only a few days remain for smokers to pick up packs that will soon be fondly recalled as cheap cigarettes and for motorists who dont use their seat belt while obeying all other traffic laws to drive without fear of being pulled over. While the state Legislature has been accused of d... | | Miami Herald | 06/27/09 | Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has carried a part-time workload for the past two months, according to his schedule posted on his website. McCollum, a Republican who announced his candidacy for governor on May 18, has worked an average of about 22 hours a week since May 1, the records show. ... | | Florida Trend | 06/26/09 | ALACHUA Applied Genetic Technologies, a 10-year-old University of Florida spinoff, closed on $11.8 million in financing to complete its next phase of human clinical trials for gene therapy treatments for one type of hereditary emphysema and two types of hereditary blindness. AMELIA ISLAND Redqu... | | Palm Beach Interactive | 06/26/09 | 's real estate values will continue to fall next year by 10 percent or more, say county leaders, who estimate the deeper slide will open up a $110 million budget gap in 2011. The prospect of another gaping budget hole - this one, about 10 percent of the county's $1.1 billion operating budget - will... | | Los Angeles Times | 06/26/09 | The proposal also calls for postponing raises for thousands of workers to balance the budget without layoffs or closing City Hall twice a month. But one union threatens a court challenge. The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to move ahead with a plan to give early retirement to 2,400 employee... | | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 06/26/09 | MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Vermont's two U.S. senators are sponsoring legislation that would extend death benefits to relatives of paramedics who work for nonprofit ambulance services and are killed in the line of duty. The legislation is named after Vermont paramedic Dale Long, who was killed last week... | | Orlando Sentinel | 06/26/09 | Federal stimulus money will allow Seminole County public schools to avoid almost all teacher layoffs and many other cuts that were planned for the coming school year. Officials said Friday they will use $22 million in federal dollars that the state has folded into school funding to pay salaries of 4... | | Houston Chronicle | 06/26/09 | WASHINGTON Households pushed their savings rate to the highest level in more than 15 years in May as a big boost in incomes from the governments stimulus program was devoted more to bolstering nest eggs than increased spending. The higher savings rate is healthy in the long term, economists said.... | | 06/26/09 | Alex Ferro, the 29-year-old up-and-comer who has been serving as Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp's special assistant, has a promotion and a sizeable pay raise. Ferro has just been promoted to Kottkamp's chief of staff, and his salary has increased from... | | 06/26/09 | After county commissioners ordered a study of taking control of the jail system and hiring local cities to run some county law enforcement, Sheriff Al Lamberti fired off a stinging rebuke to his staff. Lamberti called the commissions plans misguided and said county administrators have no relevant e... | | Miami Herald | 06/26/09 | South Florida teachers unions are starting what could be months of negotiations for pay increases in these bleak economic times. The Broward Teachers Union and school district exchanged a first set of proposals last week, with a second meeting on Thursday. Negotiators will go over the entire contra... | | Florida Times-Union | 06/26/09 | Money needed in spite of cuts to city workforce, mayor says CHRIS VIOLA/The Times-Union Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton lays out his proposed plan to fix the city budget during a press conference at the Times Union Center on Thursday. Related Links Learn more about Mayor Peyton's plan Related S... | | Orlando Sentinel | 06/26/09 | In this edition of the Friday Files, we check back in with our fumbling friends at the expressway authority, find out how you can rack up more than $300 in tolls in a single day and hear from some fired-up firefighters. But first, a look at a man whose star is rising solely because others' are di... |
|
|
|
|
IAFF
News Headlines:
(Updated Daily From
IAFF.org) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Action
Center |
Save Charlotte County
Information pages on Charlotte County Fire and EMS efforts to stop privatization issue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
