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DUPONT, NOMEX, KEVLAR and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company or its a liates. contents MAY/JUNE 2012 JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS/VOL. 95 NO. 3 FEATURES ON THE COVER: Delegates’ Guide to the 2012 IAFF Convention P.12 Affiliates hold successful Fire Ops The IAFF 51st Convention begins July 21 in Philadelphia ................14 General President’s Message Decision 2012 IAFF Endorses Obama/Biden ..............................................5 What’s at stake in the 2012 elections? ............................................28 General Secretary-Treasurer’s Message Setting Legal Precedents Preparing for the IAFF 2012 Convention ................................7 IAFF locals achieve victory in legal battles ..............................................36 Letters to the Editor ....................................................9 Local Scene ................................................................10 Always on the Frontline ............................................37 Across the IAFF ..........................................................40 On the Road ................................................................44 Retirees ........................................................................45 In Memoriam/Last Alarm ..........................................50 On the Road P. 44 On The Cover IAFF Convention: Fighting Back for a Stronger Union Connect with the IAFF on Serving as a MDA camp Visit The International Fire Fighter online. counselor at www.iaff.org/mag liates. P. 42 International Fire Fighter 3 INTERNATIONAL Harold A. Schaitberger General President Harold A. Schaitberger, Editor Thomas H. Miller General Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Zack, Supervising Editor IAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD 10th District Jane Blume Bill Glanz James T. Ferguson Director of Communications, Director of Public Affairs and 1st District 3029 Buchanan Street Kevin Gallagher San Francisco, CA 94123-4201 Managing Editor Media Relations (415) 760-8063 (Cell) 2004 E. 29th Street Kristin Craine, Staff Writer Kristin Davis, Graphic Artist Brooklyn, NY 11229 (415) 474-4121 (Fax) Tim Burn, Mesha Williams, (718) 934-4933 (Office) 11th District Staff Writer New Media Assistant (917) 767-9639 (Cell) Sandy McGhee Cindy Payne, Administrative Assistant (718) 332-0001 (Fax) 1283 S. 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Palmer (517) 484-7744 (Home) (204) 772-2531 (Fax) Alfred K. Whitehead Charles L. Buss 9th District Gerald O. Holland Anthony Mejia Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Randall (Randy) Atkinson Michael J. Crouse 3451 Julian Avenue Frank A. Palumbo 7964 South Pennsylvania Drive Long Beach, CA 90808 Ernest A. “Buddy” Mass Littleton, CO 80122 (562) 989-3667 (Office) Vice President Emeritus Terry A. Ritchie (303) 738-9338 (Home) (562) 212-2055 (Cell) Charley Hall Dominick F. Barbera (303) 880-1329 (Cell) Russell P. Cerami Trustee Emeritus GENERAL COUNSEL James L. Hill William McGrane Thomas Woodley Elliott Hastings Dennis Lloyd Woodley & McGillivary John K. Stephens 4 May/June 2012 From the General President The IAFF Endorses President Obama and Vice President Biden for Re-election sat down to write this column just as this magazine was going to and said he was “110 percent” behind Governor Kasich’s attempt to press, which happened to be the day after our union’s Executive end fire fighter collective bargaining. And Romney has expressed his IBoard – the District Vice Presidents who were elected to represent all full support for governors who have been implementing 16 IAFF Districts, General Secretary-Treasurer Tommy Miller and Right-to-Work laws, including in Indiana, while also saying he would myself — unanimously voted to endorse President Barack Obama and work to impose Right-to-Work nationally if elected. Vice President Joe Biden for re-election. The contrast between President Obama and Mitt Romney couldn’t be I was prepared to “tell the story” about how we came to that clearer. conclusion by saying what most of you have read right here in the pages While our opponents are busy trying to eliminate us, President of this magazine time and again, that our core principle in politics has Obama and Vice President Biden have put forward BILLIONS of always been to support our friends and punish our enemies, regardless dollars through their four-year term, using SAFER grants to keep fire of party affiliation. fighters and paramedics on the job and bring back those who have been Then I was going to recount how, over the past two years, we’ve had laid off during some of the toughest economic times our country and opponents of all stripes attack us, and we even witnessed some of our jurisdictions across the United States have ever experienced. supposed “friends” who had been with us in the past Vice President Biden joined us for a press event on either join the ranks of our enemies or sit idly by while Capitol Hill last October to urge Congress to support the our staffing, wages, benefits and jobs were slashed. Jobs Bill and a $30 billion commitment to keeping The pages of this magazine have been filled over the teachers in the classrooms, police on the beat and fire past year with specific details of what our enemies –
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