It’s not often you get candidates for public office agreeing on a controversial issue. But, that’s what is happening in the race for Jacksonville’s next mayor on the topic of police and fire pensions.
Something many thought was resolved six years ago when Jacksonville extended a sales tax to pay off growing pension debt--now, both mayoral candidates Republican Daniel Davis and Democrat Donna Deegan say we need to take another look at pensions--something the city just got rid of.
“We really kind of got us a public safety crisis in front of us,” Randy Wyse, President of the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters, said. “We are having some serious recruitment issues. I will tell you that I’ve been told that there’s nobody on the hire list for the fire departments.” Davis said, “I will tell you that I have said all options are on the table. There is not a city pension that I would be willing to bring back. I would be willing to look at a state FRS pension. that is something that is data proven, and I would be willing to make sure we are obtain the best and the brightest.”
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