Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Arizona-Prescott Republican Mayor Marlin Kuykendall denies Arizona hotshot’s widow Fire Fighter benefits

Granite Mountain Hotshots members killed during the June 30 blaze, was told she is not entitled to salary and health benefits because her husband was a seasonal employee even though he was hired full time and worked 40 hours a week. Just six families of the 19 firefighters killed will receive the benefit packages, CBS reports.
An aerial view of a section near Yarnell, Ariz., that was destroyed by the wildfire in June.
But Ashcraft was told that her husband and 12 others among the group were seasonal employees whose relatives are not entitled to the millions in lifetime salaries and health benefits, even though he worked 40 hours a week.