You have done it for a lot of people. I respect that and your right to be here. But the city has no intention of withdrawing the suit seeking to overturn the arbitrators' contract for the 2,400 members of Local 22, which provides health benefits for victims of hepatitis C. A court hearing on the issue continues today. As she wept, Patrick Nolan, president of Student Council, said the council decided to make the donation. But high school students weren't the only ones following her vigil.
Every city needs their paramedics and firefighters.
To do that type of work takes courage, guts and honor. You couldn't pay me enough to do it. I believe they deserve everything they ask for and even more. Earlier, Kohler walked down the hallway and around the corner to sit briefly in Courtroom 243, where her union's attorneys were getting ready to battle the city over the fate of the contract. But she didn't stay long and after walking several hundred yards back to her bed near the mayor's office, word went out that she was leaving at midday.