Facts On Corker Pay For Fire And Police
2006-10-02
Source: The Chattanoogan
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rss feedI would like to do a rebuttal in regards to the article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Friday, Sept. 29, titled "Police Officer, Ex-Fire Chief Defend Corker on pay raises."
I apparently only have one thing in agreement with these gentlemen's statements; I too worked in the Chattanooga Police Dept during Bob Corker mayoral administration. That's where the agreement ends. It was a long four years for city employees under his administration.
The first problem that hit us was the power struggle between former Mayor Corker and former Police Chief Dotson. It was no secret to the citizens of Chattanooga that they weren’t best friends; it was constantly in the newspaper, and moreso felt at 3300 Amnicola Highway.
In the mayoral administration of former Mayor John Kinsey the good working relationship between the chief and his boss was evident. The Police Department ran smoothly and was given the right to run itself and was not micro-managed as it was with Corker. The argument about whether former Mayor Corker gave us "raises" or froze our pay is easily disputed with statistics that are easily accessible and are public information.
First and foremost, the word "raise" in Webster's dictionary means "an increase in wages or salary." It doesn't mean to give employees in smaller increments what was promised them by contract what was to be their step pay plan increments as they advanced in years of service.
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