There was not enough detail provided to make an informed opinion. For example: why was he on the old plan, did he specifically choose to remain on the old plan, did he reap benefits from being on the old plan that would preclude him from moving to the new plan, is the chief trying to retire earlier than anticipated, could he have moved to the new plan earlier, did he opt out of the new plan, did this situation blindside him or are these terms he signed off on, is someone asking for special treatment for the chief that is not provided to individual firefighters, etc.
My immediate reaction is that it sounds like the chief is trying to get around the terms of his pension and that you are invoking long service and committment to minorities as a justification. Please help me understand your position further. Jason Stone Diamond Lake --- Booker Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I learned that Minneapolis Fire Chief Rocco Forte is being bullied into > leaving his position as Fire Chief from the Rybak administration over a > pension dispute. Chief Forte heads America�s most diverse fire department > both with respect to fire fighters of color and command staff of color. > Chief Forte has been a member of the Minneapolis Fire Department for over 3 > decades and he participates in the cities old pension plan that only has > between 10-15 members remaining in it. If Chief Forte were to retire today > under his current pension plan he would only receive 50 percent of his > salary as a fire fighter not a commander. Chief Forte has asked to switch to > the Minneapolis�s newer pension plan that would allow him to receive 100 > percent of his salary once he retires like every other fire fighter that > retires after 25 years of service. Sources have told me that Chief Forte has > been told that he could switch to the city�s newer pension plan if he would > accept a position in Regulatory Services. Chief Forte has put in many years > of service to the citizens of Minneapolis and politics is going to force > America�s best chief to leave his passion in order to receive the > compensation that he has earned. I will activity campaign against any > council member or the mayor if Chief Forte is not allowed to continue as > Chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department. The mayor and city council > stripped his budget a few years ago forcing him to layoff some firefighters > mostly people of color and women because of seniority. Chief Forte was able > to bring them all back fortunately. Chief Forte is the best fire chief in > the country and any politician that forces him to leave the department will > not be happy come Election Day. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
