Jacksonville City Council panel cuts police budget

[NotNow]

Your continuing to name the "union" even though you have been reminded many times that the Police & Fire Pension is a State chartered entity that is not affiliated with any labor organization points out your dishonesty on this issue. 

The City of Jacksonville should honor its obligations to its employees.  My property taxes went up this year, what did your property taxes do?

[tufsu1]

The City of Jacksonville should honor its obligations to its employees.  My property taxes went up this year, what did your property taxes do?

I'm pretty sure they haven't gone up yet....official notices don't come out until November...nevertheless, they are guaranteed to be lower for almost everyone in Duval Colunty

On another issue...Stephen, please explain why the City should be able to renege on a deal they signed....and why paying retirement/pensions with tax revenues is somehow unconstitutional?

[NotNow]

The Notice of Proposed taxes came out in August.  StephenDare! is going to pretend he owns property.  Nice.

[NotNow]

OK StephenDare!, whatever you say.  Have a good night.

[CrysG]

Good night Comrade.  Sleep well knowing that the middle class workers will take care of you and your family.

I'm pretty sure that if your family needed the help they'd call JSO or JFR, (who are also middle class) so the same should be said to you.

[mtraininjax]

Its pretty obvious to most people that the City, our beloved City, has scrimped and put the minimums into retirement for too long. I don't know if that Walt Bussell's thinking or Peyton's own thinking, but it has been wrong. If you or I put the minimum allowed into our 401k funds, would taxes, healthcare costs, and life's expenses only rise the same minimums?

I have no problem for the City giving the Pension fund buildings or lands that have value, in lieu of cash. Its pretty obvious that the City does not and will not have the cash for the fund for the next few years, so we will probably see more buildings traded for the cash to the Pension Fund. Something I have no problem with, seeing as how many of them just sit empty, and could be put to better use as have been described in other threads.