With proposed budget cuts, layoffs, and library closings looming, voters side with Mayor in proposed firefighter raise. Check out the Sage Public Opinion Survey in the Boston Herald:

Most in Hub say jakes deserve less

Poll: Fire deal no good

By Dave Wedge
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Two-thirds of Hub residents are against a state arbitrator’s award to Boston firefighters - and more than half of those naysayers believe the controversial raises should be slashed by 5 percent as a compromise, according to a poll obtained by the Herald.

The Sage Systems phone survey of 3,000 Boston voters asked: “Do you support the arbitrator’s award increasing the firefighters’ compensation by 19 percent over four years?”

Sixty-six percent answered “no” while 34 percent said “yes.