APD officer's wife petitions mayor to veto council raise
Kelly Uhlis starts change.org petition to urge Mayor Kasim Reed to veto city council 52 percent pay raise and "increase our First Responders pay."
Following Monday’s vote by the Atlanta City Council to give itself a pay raise of more than 50 percent, the wife of an Atlanta police officer has started a change.org petition urging Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to veto the pay increase and instead reward the city’s first responders. Kelly Uhlis of Holly Springs is the wife of 12-year APD veteran, Sgt. Tommy Uhlis. She is angered that council members voted 10-4 to reward itself a pay increase from $39,473 a year to $60,300. If approved, it will take effect in January 2014. Uhlis told Fox 5 that her husband’s pay was frozen by the same council that approved itself such a sizeable pay increase. When the officers did receive an increase for cost of living expenses, Uhlis said escalating health …
Johnny
8:55 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The mayor won't entertain anyone who isn't a citizen of Atlanta. The fact of why you are fighting for everyone is awesome but to the powers that be they will only see you as a pissed off spouse even if you were citizen of the year. The only advice the public safety can get in Atlanta now is find another place that will compensate you properly. It's doesn't matter how long you've been there unless… more ›