City council weighs deep cuts. Jobs may be eliminated

[thelakelander]

It's behind a paywall but the Jacksonville City Council is considering deep cuts to fill a $22 million hole in next year's budget. The money Mayor Brown wants to borrow for several things, including the Jacksonville Landing renovation, is in danger of not being approved as well.

Full article: http://members.jacksonville.com/news/2014-09-04/story/jacksonville-city-council-committee-has-one-day-finalize-its-proposed-budget

[Charles Hunter]

Heard a report at Urban Core CPAC last night, from Michelle Barth of the Mayor's Office, that all the downtown improvements have been cut.  Finance Committee will be addressing the Capital Improvement Plan today.  Live streaming, now.
http://media.coj.net/COJCouncil

Talking about Pension right now.

[carpnter]

From the TU Article "Yarborough said the committee could also ignore the roughly $12 million in possible shortfalls — a combination of questionable calculations in revenue forecasts and pension contributions — that Council Auditor Kirk Sherman found in Brown's budget."

Please let the city smarten up and elect a competent mayor.  It becomes more and more clear that he is all talk.

[mtraininjax]

I sure did not vote with the I'm with Alvin crowd!