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Senator Hagan, I beseech you to turn your back on these firefighters and prove your promises to be hollow.

Jilted union firefighters laboring under Jim Crow era laws are hardly the only ones disgruntled with the new Democratic regime in DC, Dave. Many other victims are experiencing that old 'left at the alter' feeling after putting their own boots on the ground for what they thought was their ticket to easy street. But this is what often happens when a group such as yours puts their faith in politicians. Polling data reflects this.

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What happened to the Pitts/Gibson comments? I had hoped to compare Gibson's brutish racist rant to the more enlightened diction of King Samir Shabazz, but the comments have been disabled.

This is what Liberal Politicians practice. They promise all the handouts to get to power, then they forget about the Handout Crowd when they get there. Next election she will promise them the same thing again, the Handout Crowd will gladly vote again in hope of more entitlements. You would think at some point the Handout Crowd would catch on, but there need for Freebies drives them like a drug addict. Sort of like a dog chasing its tale.

This bill, which was already passed by the House, would give public safety personnel the ability to have input into working conditions as well as resolve disputes that arise between labor and management.

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What this bill really does is give labor the ability to drive management to its knees. What they really want is to be able to demand higher wage and benefits packages while holding management hostage. This has absolutely nothing to do with workplace conditions. When you decide to become a public service employee you agree to liveable wages, you are not rocket scientists.

"This bill, which was already passed by the House, would give public safety personnel the ability to have input into working conditions as well as resolve disputes that arise between labor and management.
"It is a Jim Crow-era law that has denied firefighters the same rights that private-sector workers in North Carolina have enjoyed for 75 years."

Forgive my ignorance, Dave, but what is "It"? I think I would be on firefighters' side in this issue, but the issue as you've stated it doesn't make sense in any English I understand.
I also am concerned that you are accusing Hagan of going back on her promise when it isn't obvious that she's had a chance to act on that promise. Is she on the committee that is considering a possible Senate version of the bill the House has passed? If she is on that committee, did she actually oppose the position she promised to uphold? Has the Senate committee reported its bill? Has the Senate scheduled a vote on whatever bill the committee might have reported? Has Hagan stated her opposition to the position she once promised to uphold on whatever possible vote might take place on whatever bill might have been reported? Are you creating a straw-man argument to make Hagan look bad when nothing she can influence has actually happened yet?

The vote has already been cast. Too late to do your homework now, Dave.

The reason Hagan has made no move on this is because her handlers, harry reid and barrack obama, have bigger fish to fry than firefighters who pine for control over their employers. With the midterm elections approaching, the democrat machine is focused on pushing cap and tax, gaining control over America's financial system, and how best to go about increasing taxes on the ever redefined number of 'rich' people to pay for their socialist schemes.

I'm afraid Dave the firefighter and his pet peeves are near the bottom of the government's 'to do' list at the moment. Besides, what's the government going to do to improve 'working conditions' for firefighters...legislate cooler burning buildings or make laws mandating fires that burn more slowly and not be affected by the wind or stored flammables?