Meanwhile...at the Muscle Shoals Fire Department

 

Trying to Keep Them in Line

It's difficult for small towns to recruit and retain police officers and firefighters. The City of Muscle Shoals has had a particularly hard time of it recently.

First, a City firefighter was arrested and charged with domestic violence. That employee's resulting termination left a convenient opening for Mayor Mike Lockhart to fill.

For whatever reason (surely it wasn't the two grants the City received via Rep. Kerry Underwood?), the department hired Walker Underwood. Alas, Walker had problems of his own - a DUI among them. Lockhart decided to get rid of Walker as well.

Now it's reported another firefighter has resigned to seek greener pastures. You can look for the city clerk to be posting a job opening soon. We suggest she don her running shoes just in case.