tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post7093432461233250685..comments2024-03-28T14:01:07.593-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Letters To The Tattler: Kevin Johnson & John CooperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-8752221003046912682012-02-16T11:14:45.752-08:002012-02-16T11:14:45.752-08:00So, we are willing to dissolve our Fire Department...So, we are willing to dissolve our Fire Department, and lose control and input over a century-old institution that is a critical and vital city service, yet we can't dissolve the worthless city attorney's office---a locus of corruption and incompetence unmatched in the Bay Area.<br /><br />If you think there is no downside to losing control over public safety, you are as naive as a newborn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-65021192612267952102012-02-14T11:21:09.890-08:002012-02-14T11:21:09.890-08:00For once, there's no downside. Very excited t...For once, there's no downside. Very excited to read more about the City Council politics. It's always good when they find new ways to save money, but like the other piece you wrote on the Redevelopment Agency, they haven't looked at reducing City staff to compensate for the reduced workload.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-18267897659783960202012-02-14T10:36:29.270-08:002012-02-14T10:36:29.270-08:00There's not necessarily a downside. In fact th...There's not necessarily a downside. In fact this does appear to be a real win-win situation for the Fire Dept and for the residents. You should consider that irrational and jingoistic politics by the city council, stopped this Fire Dept contracting out from happening years ago. Watch for a Tattler story on this very subject in the near future.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-27581307764770401292012-02-14T09:27:01.329-08:002012-02-14T09:27:01.329-08:00So... what's the downside? There's got to...So... what's the downside? There's got to be SOME downside, otherwise they would have done this years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com