Midway Fire still sulking

Want a great quote? Just call Midway Fire Chief Stephen Demeter – the highest paid government worker in South Santa Rosa County.

Demeter is telling the Pensacola News Journal that the district could lay off as many as 14 more firefighters and close one of its two stations. We have been told that the district only has 29 firefighters. The estimated impact of Amendment 1 is less than 10 percent.

How does that translate to nearly half the firefighters?

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”