On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, the Montgomery County Council met in Rockville to make the move to erode collective bargaining for Montgomery County Police.
They will claim they are doing this to save the tax payers money and reign in the power of the Fraternal Order of Police.
What they aren't telling you that in their continued attempts to neuter the working police officers in Montgomery County -- they are affecting the structure of our public safety system by putting it at the mercy of the County Council and their political priorities.
The removal of collective bargaining not only means the stripping of benefits and pay to the police officers and the outright disregard of agreements between the County Council and the FOP, it also means the current working system of organized police shifts and procedures to cover all corners of this County may be disrupted.
At the end of the day, do you really want your public safety to be in the hands of individuals who have absolutely NO IDEA of what needs to be done to keep the streets safe for our families?
The current system WORKS. The County Council need to work within the established guidelines of collective bargaining and honor the agreements made with the Fraternal Order of Police.
Your support is needed. The Council will be meeting again on Tuesday, July 18 for a full vote on these bills.
The police officers of this County need to be able to do their jobs without having to worry about the interference of the County Council.
Enough is enough-- leave the police officers alone to do their jobs.
If you can't make the call, please write to the Council and voice your opinion.
This is still a democracy and we, as citizens have a right to speak our mind. Tell them you oppose Bills 18-11, 19-11 and 20-11 changing the rights of police officers.
· Phil Andrews 240-777-7906 councilmember.andrews@
· Roger Berliner 240-777-7828 councilmember.berliner@
· Marc Elrich 240-777-7966 councilmember.elrich@
· Valerie Ervin 240-777-7960 councilmember.ervin@
· Nancy Floreen 240-777-7959 councilmember.floreen@
· George Leventhal 240-777-7811 councilmember.leventhal@
· Nancy Navarro 240-777-7968 councilmember.navarro@
· Craig Rice 240-777-7955 councilmember.rice@
· Hans Riemer 240-777-7964 councilmember.riemer@
If this can happen to the people that provide our public safety, how long before the County Council strips the rights for our fire fighters, our teachers, and what happens when they decide they want the total right to dictate what happens to us as Montgomery County residents?
Do you really want the County Council to have 100% say in your right to exist as a tax paying citizen? If they can blatantly shake the system that keeps us safe, they will have no issues with putting their hands into everything else.
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