Comments by Jeanne Dewey

HMB fire board responds to union critics

Dave, I'm sure you know this, but ALL of the Fire Chief's in the County have nice a car to take home, some new and some not-so-new. In fact, most of the Deputy Chiefs and Fire Marshals do too and yes, they come with gas. But these trivial issues and arguments put forth to the public, brought up by the firefighters and union don't carry much weight; they're smoke-screens hiding the real concerns the line staff has with CDF over taking over the Department. What I see very clearly is an angry line-staff…

HMB fire board responds to union critics

I'm a little offended with Mr. Hawkins comparing Chief Cole's salary to San Francisco's Chief Hayes-White. Why not compare his own salary to the San Francisco Chief? The San Francisco Fire Chiefs' base salary is $8990.00 per month. As a comparison, in this county the City of San Mateo Fire Chiefs' base salary is $12,967.00 per month. Oh, and just for the record, a San Mateo Captain's base salary is $8049.00 per month.

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And liability.