Black Leaders Claim Racism
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Black leaders say racism behind union's criticism of St. Paul fire chief
BY MARA H. GOTTFRIED
Pioneer Press
JOHN DOMAN, PIONEER PRESS
Sept. 2004: There's a very rich history here in St. Paul, and I'm very fortunate that I'm part of it," says new Fire Chief Doug Holton. "I wake up every day and I kind of pinch myself because I really feel proud that I'm the chief here."Black community leaders rallied around St. Paul fire Chief Doug Holton today, two days after firefighter unions overwhelmingly declared they have "no confidence" in the chief's leadership.
Holton, who in 2003 became the city's first black fire chief, is the victim of "racism that's been ingrained in the fire service for years and years," said Nathaniel Khaliq, president of the NAACP's St. Paul chapter and a retired St. Paul firefighter.
A union officer dismissed the racism charge, saying the chief's race played no role in the no-confidence vote.
"The thing is that Chief Holton, he's mismanaged the fire department, he's wiped his feet with our contract and that hurts everyone, including black firefighters," said Chris Parsons, the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 21 secretary.
Parsons, who is black, said black firefighters have told Khaliq personally, "We have a bad chief and race isn't playing into this."
More than 20 community members attended a press conference this morning at the Martin Luther King Community Recreation Center in St. Paul.
"We fully support Chief Holton," said Robert McClain, co-chairman of the African American Leadership Council's public safety committee.
Two firefighter unions announced Wednesday their members voted 366-6 in favor of a resolution expressing "no confidence" in Holton's leadership.
City Council President Kathy Lantry, who has been endorsed for reelection by the firefighters union, said she does not believe race is the issue.
"Sometimes we look for easy answers when, quite frankly, relationships between Chief Holton and Local 21 and fire supervisors are very, very complex," she said. "If I thought race was a factor, my conversations with Local 21 would take on a different tone, but I have not seen that from Local 21 at all, never in one conversation."
Union leaders have said both rank-and-file and supervisory firefighters think working conditions in the department are now threatening public safety.
Khaliq said the union is using "politics of fear" and lying about the threat to public safety.
Community leaders also called on Mayor Chris Coleman and the city's leadership "to resolve this issue."
A Coleman spokesman declined to comment this morning on the black leaders' statements. The spokesman, Bob Hume, said a statement the mayor's office issued Wednesday about the union's no-confidence vote still reflects Coleman's view.
"The mayor has confidence in both the chief and our firefighters, and will work together with both to address challenges facing the department and make changes based on audit recommendations," Wednesday's statement said.
And how many times has the city been sued by the fire department over something to do with racial issues. I'm sorry, but just as with the landlords lawsuits, when EVERYONE is saying the same thing, there has to be some truth to it. I would say that the whole department with the exception of 6 people don't like the chief fits the definition of everyone.
The city has been sued numerous times over racism in the fire department. The same fire department that let Dino Geurin (who also on the city council and then the county commission)as a firefighter, gamble, deal drugs, miss calls, intimidate others and hold influence over his superiors. The same fire department that was found to be guilty of racism in the 1980's and 1990's and forced by a federal ruling to comply. Those guys are still there.
Bob knows these things and I'm sure Bob jr wouldn't want to go there and work. That Parsons guy looks lighter than Bob, I wonder why he spoke on this instead of the union President?
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