CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Fire Fighters Union Local 48 members postponed a vote of no confidence in Mayor Aftab Pureval, City Manager Cheryl Long, and top leaders within the fire department after a heated two-hour debate inside a closed-door meeting on Thursday.

Union President Joe Elliott spoke with us after the meeting concluded, saying two main issues led to members of the fire department calling for a no-confidence vote just two months before the November election.

We asked how members were feeling as they filed out of the union hall.

"Mentally, not well," Elliott said. "I will tell you right now the morale within the Cincinnati Fire Department is not good."

The president said several members of the fire department are fighting cancer that they believe developed as a result of their

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