Thread: Firefighters Union ‘Sticks it’ to the City of Portland

Receiving monthly checks of $3,200 at the taxpayer’s expense for 12 years, Union ripoff of the taxpayers is unconscionable

Firefighters Union ‘Sticks it’ to the City of Portland

By Warner Todd Huston
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Oregonian has a disheartening story proving once again why public employees unions should be outlawed.

Here we have a case of a criminal fireman who ripped off the city through a false claim of being injured and unable to work, he admits his guilt and doesn’t press the city for more benefits, yet the union DOES take the city to court to get undeserved benefits for this layabout fireman!

For 12 years fireman Tom Hurley ripped off the city of Portland’s fireman’s disability fund by receiving monthly checks of $3,200 at the taxpayer’s expense despite that he really wasn’t disabled. In fact, he took the city’s money and put himself through cooking school and then went to work in the food service industry. All paid for by the taxpayers.

And when the city finally wised up and cut him off from the honey pot, even Hurley didn’t appeal the decision. He just shrugged his shoulders and moved forward with his new career as a chef.

But the union would have none of this “end of benefitsâ€

We have so many jackasses in power around here nearly anyone who is determined enough to stick it to the government can. Don't forget this is the land of Brandon Mayfield-----radical Islamist sympathizer detained by the FBI for 3 weeks while they verified his fingerprints in connection with the Madrid train bombing. Payout, thank to the ACLU---$2 million. Another ACLU case got $700,000 for a Jewish lady shoved off the bus and suffering a minor heart attack. It sure pays to know an ACLU lawyer.

Just another reason why I don't care for unions period. Like government, they get too big, and powerful, and then they pull all kinds of jack@$$ manoeuvers.