The Kansas City, Kansas, Professional Firefighters Association (IAFF Local 64) filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.
The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, claims the UG and the Board of Commissioners violated the First and 14th Amendment speech rights of Local 64 and its members “to speak on matters of paramount public concern.”
The concern arises from cuts to the number of firefighters on its emergency vehicles, according to the lawsuit…