Do you think the city should scale back police and fire pensions?
How about putting the money used to hire a task force and a consultant into the police pension fund.
– Margaret Sanders Moore
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The article mentions that other cities have done well after getting other opinions. I’m not really against hiring outsiders.
– Frank Johnson
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Let’s evaluate city salaries across the board. Who gets shot at daily and runs into [a] burning building to save our families, and are paid less than most city employees?
– Lorry Aslinger
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How about elected officials take a pay cut. They are the ones who made the mess.
– John Tudor
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I would frown upon seeing those who ‘serve and protect’ being shortchanged like that.
David L. Pierce
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It appears the city is going in the right direction here, maybe they have learned something from Detroit.
– Andy Oliveira
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My pension has been “scaled back” twice within the last 15 years. Personally, it has been difficult. However, I fail to see why city employees should not be subject to the same challenges as the rest of us.
– Steve Coulter
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Task forces are a big waste of money!
– Steve Cates