https://youtu.be/IdqMbPYzXKI?si=TcJfdTXc1zG5pZBe
I don't remember this when it was on but damn if KAKE doesn't love memorializing this freaky crap.
Speaking of KAKE, Lily Wu really rough ridin' up, huh?
No, Lily Wu didn't do anything.
You mean other than circumventing open meeting laws to force the fire chief to lay off firefighters?
The chief lied about all that. She issued an apology and everything. Are you not keeping up?
The behind the scenes situation is that the union boss set up Chief Snow to set the stage for running her out.
She said that Wu did not tell her to cut any jobs but that came weeks after the investigation started. Why wouldn't Snow just say that at the start?
Union boss filed the complaint and the investigation started. I would assume all parties were told not to speak until the investigation ran it's course.
Why would Snow cut 42 firefighters without being told that she had to?
Have 42 firefighters been cut? These positions were funded by a temporary grant, once the grant is gone the money has to be found in the budget, either by raising taxes or cutting something. The city council votes on the budget, the department heads, in this case the Fire Chief, makes budget requests for additional staff.
The union chief's complaint was against Lily Wu, not the Chief. He said either the mayor is lying or the chief is, but again the question is why would the chief cut 42 positions without being told?
We know for a fact the Chief was lying because she admitted it.
If Wu doesn't want her to cut those jobs she can very easily tell her not to, the chief works for the mayor, not vice versa. Also if Snow lied on Wu, and it was caught on tape, Wu can and should fire Snow for cause, that hasn't happened and I bet you that it won't happen.
The Chief works for the city manager, not the mayor. The mayor cannot fire anybody. The city council and mayor make policy decisions and the city manager runs the day to day operations, such as personnel decisions. I am sure the Chief's days are numbered but it won't be the mayor firing her. To me this has looked like a setup from the start. The union boss secretly recorded their conversation and wasted no time filing the ethics complaint, seemingly without notifying or consulting the chief. Shady as crap (unions are bad, actually)
