Uncomfortable fact:
Many firefighters doing extremely dangerous work to keep communities safe during the
#kincadefire
are incarcerated and make $1 an hour.
The CEO of
@PGE4Me
, the corporation that is a convicted felon and is still on probation, is being paid $900 an hour.
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There are real alternatives to the horrific status quo.
We put some information together here:
Let's all keep talking about this when the courageous first responders' work is done.
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
This tweet helps no one! Please, as a person from Healdsburg, give helpful news. Like where are shelters, where to volunteer, updated fire maps, Evac routs you know stuff that can save us. Lets play the blame game after my neighbors and I are safe to go home.
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@PursuitAdventur
@PGE4Me
@Sarah_Stierch
has tirelessly been providing updates. Her latest update thread below has up to date info if you need it. Also check
@NorthBayNews
@CALFIRELNU
and
@NWSBayArea
GOOD MORNING. HERE IS YOUR
#KINCADEFIRE
UPDATE as of 7:00 AM
The fire is at 66,231 acres and at 5% containment. Fire was first reported at 9:24 PM near the Geysers at a power plant on 10/23.
Long thread, so check it out below. 👇
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
Those prisoners are agreeing to do the work for various reasons, right? You can also look at it as a way for them to help cover the $81k per year it costs to society to imprison them.
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
Even if true, these convicts doing this work are totally doing it out of a righteous calling to help us and not because they’re incarcerated. Give me a break. Stop turning a tragedy into political bullshit
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
consider the extremely perverse incentives of the "new normal" California.
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
And convicted folks can't get hired to fire departments after release, right? Or did that change?
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
CEO Bill Williams is a convicted felon? That's news to me. When was he convicted of a felony?
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@DSAEastBay
@histroarry
@PGE4Me
On one hand I'm happy at least that the felony conviction didn't get in the way of obscene wealth
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@DSAEastBay
@PGE4Me
Hopefully this bill will become a reality and inmates will be able to be hired after their sentence has been completed.
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@stephlynn1982
@PGE4Me
Also, the firefighters can't vote, and under current law are intelligible to do the same work after release. The CEO can vote and if relieved of his current job will likely do so with a fat golden parachute and is free to sign on somewhere else.
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