West Monroe Firefighters Local 1385 v. City of West Monroe

| TWith all due respect, I dissent. The majority interprets La.Rev.Stat. § 33:1992 to exclude the $300 city supplement from first-year firefighters’ “minimum monthly salary” for purposes of calculating the wage differentials of higher-ranking firefighters. In my view, such a narrow interpretation subverts the “remedial and humanitarian ... purpose” of La. Rev. Stat § 33:1991, et seq. New Orleans Firefighters Ass’n v. Civil Serv. Comm’n of City of New Orleans, 422 So.2d 402, 412 (La.1982). I further dissent because I do not believe reading La. Rev. § 33:1992 to include the $300 city supplement…