Too Many Chiefs & Not Enough Subordinates at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Dept.

I reported a few days ago that County Mayor Carlos Gimenez was welching on his promise to cut the fat at County Hall.  By cutting the fat we mean getting rid of duplicate and unnecessary positions that have a meaningful impact on the county budget.  We didn't mean performing a reorganization tantamount to moving the chairs around, eliminating empty positions and calling it a day.

Only one day has passed and Commissioner Xavier Suarez has revealed to the County Mayor, an ex-Fire Chief for the City of Miami, I might add, that the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department has 75 Chiefs.  He goes on to detail an analysis whereby there are more supervisors in the department than necessary for the amount of subordinates they oversee.  To add insult to injury these supervisors make between $100K-$200K per year.  For a county where the median income is $44K for a family of four, that is some serious money.

HIH calls on the County Mayor to do more than pay lip service to the taxpayers of this county and cut the fat at the Fire Department.  We understand the "brotherhood" of Fire Fighters and all that jazz but it's time to honor the pledge made to the citizens he made to get elected.  Below is the letter from Xavier Suarez courtesy of the Eye on Miami blog.

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