Fight over pensions going to federal court

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Published: 2/07 10:23 am

Updated: 2/07 10:41 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The City of Jacksonville is now forced to fight a federal lawsuit and it will be your taxpayer dollars at stake.

The federal suit comes from Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Larry Jones, Fire Chief Randall Wyse and two fire lieutenants, Mark Roberts and Latorrence Norris.

Mayor Alvin Brown is pushing pension reform, saying the current model threatens to bankrupt our city. According to our news partner WOKV, taxpayer contributions have spiked; what was once about a 50-percent contribution to police and firefighter pension is now almost 82-percent for the lifetime pension.

According to the lawsuit, the contract between the city and the pension fund runs through 2030.

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Realchange - 2/7/2013 1:51 PM

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Bull not enough details to make a informed decision about the case. Police and fire work hard hours at dangerous job. I am skeptical of police often as they are seen as being able to do no wrong, however, I think if they keep their noses clean they should have excellent retirement. Bottomline is the rich want keep all the money not pay pensions for hard life long work. We need new laws in this country if you employeed overseas workers then you draw overseas CEO pay and no golden parachutes. I stand behind police and fire fighters wanting pensions they do work hard for it.

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