City Councilman Glynn Hines flat out says he "does not trust" Mayor Tom Henry to do the right thing in hriring enough African Americans. So, after voting against the fire department merit commission, he changed his mind and voted along with five other council members to override the mayor's veto of forming the commission:
Tuesday night City Council voted 6-3 to override Mayor Tom Henry's veto to establish a merit board for the city fire department. Hines, D-6th District, who spoke against the bill in August, cast the deciding vote to override the veto, saying he trusts the firefighters to make better minority hiring decisions than the Henry administration.
“This particular decision comes down to,
