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To Mayor Jackson, City Council President and the 21 Representatives of this body: I'll make this a simple as I can. I can agree that some city departments derseve new contracts and pay raises and some get judgements by civil court. I also do not have a problem with being classified a part-time city employee. What the beef is the fact that those that voulunteer as guards have NOT been rewarded raises in pay , in my tenure as a guard, for five years. I started at a wage of twenty dollars and fifty cents and five years later, I STILL make that same wage as prices and inflation have gone up BUT the pay has stayed the same. This is frustrating to see others get a raise of the pie but our cut now has been ignored for FIVE YEARS. Mr. Jackson, Council President, and that 21 body composed of Ladies and Gentlemen: Something needs to be done about this injustice. I can not go to an annual meeting and hear we were denied a chance at the piece of pie we are so deserving of. By the way, there are some who do this thankless job that bake in the sun, stand in the rain, get sleet and snow along with the wind. Think about this when you approach the crossing guard and rewarding them an overdue raise in pay. Thank you and until next time/gb