Jerry Rodgers

Native Houstonian
CFO by day, Masked Vigilante by night
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[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@FirefightersHOU @FOX26Houston @GrooganFox26 As a tax paying citizen this lawsuit has me concerned. They mayor obviously is not in favor of collective bargaining (CB) after saying he wants to bargain with the firefighters union. Using taxpayer money to challenge CB is a slap in the face to the citizens of houston.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@jaspscherer @LisaGray_HouTX @FireChiefofHFD @HoustonFire Good article. There is one thing that is not completely true and transparent. Proposition B did pass but the city and HPOU have I tied up in court. So technically it did pass but houston firefighters are NOT getting proposition B pay. That's why the attrition rate is so high

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@OttSolomon @AllenAC009 I also remember the mayor bragging about having 327 million dollars left over from last years budget. Then I thought, that's more than plenty to pay HFD Prop B. So what's the problem?

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@OttSolomon @AllenAC009 Not my union. All it takes is a citizen who pays attention, actually cares and knows HPD and HFD employees to understand that there's no reasonable bargaining with this mayor. He's suing claiming that collective bargaining is unconstitutional!! Bargaining isn't his his plans

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@OttSolomon @AllenAC009 Until a judge rules it constitutional like the first judge that ruled on it. We can go back and forth. The Texas Supreme Court will make the final decision Solomon

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@billkellytexas @AllenAC009 The administration spends money where they want more than where they need

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@billkellytexas @AllenAC009 Fact still remains that PD made a deal with the city negatively affected their pension and HFD didn't. The reform affected firefighters the most. So why not negotiate a deal that will lessen that impact. "What the city can afford " is the mayors favorite broken record.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 Go to the Firefighters union and talk to the president. He will answer any questions you have. He has nothing to hide and he's said that publicly.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 I remember when he gave a press conference saying he offered the firefighters the 3 1/2 year deal they wanted. He LEFT OUT a lot of the details. Then he Union shared those details and had no response. There's a reason why.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 The mayor has shown time and time again he's not serious about negotiations good deal with the firefighters. Two lawsuits and not will to go to arbitration. Like I said , superficial in the fact that he will only inform people of what he chooses to, not entire full story.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 If the firefighters union took the same deal then their pension would've been in bad shape like PDs.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 Firefighters union is more of a true union that takes many different votes to their members. HPD has a board that makes decisions for their members, with the exception of pay. Remember the deal they made with the city bigger raises instead of pension obligations.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 Firefighters union is right in what they are doing. Don't let your members get strong armed. That's why they say this is an attack from the administration on firefighters and their families. PD would be fighting the same way if they were the firefighters shoes and they know it

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 HFD chose to keep their pension stable and funded with smaller pay raises. When the mayor pushed for the reform, that was like saying I don't care what was negotiated back then, this is what I'm doing and you're gonna take the raise I offer. That dog ain't gonna hunt.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 I think your uncertainty about the mayor being able to negotiate with HPD and not HFD is an opportunity to read between the lines. HPD made a deal with the city to not pay the obligation into their pension in exchange for bigger pay raises.

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@AllenAC009 As a citizen who pays attention and has friends in both HFD and HDP , it's clear that the fire chief and the mayor are very superficial by showing and saying they are gonna do good but do nothing at all or do something that negatively impacts the city and public safety

[Jerry Rodgers @RodgersJerry2]

@Cleophas00 @WayneDolcefino @HoustonChron That's a shame. I guess it kind of would make sense, they did contribute $$ to his campaign and endorsed him. Too bad there are citizens who read a paper that doesn't report ALL of the facts and the entire truth.