Fire Fighters Association offers plan to cut South Walton budget

Lauren Sage Reinlie

Northwest Florida Daily News

SANTA ROSA BEACH — Few public safety agencies have escaped budget struggles in the slumping economy.
The trying question is how to keep cutting costs without decreasing the level of fire and medical services needed to save lives and property.

FRS Legislative Alert, HB 303

THIS BILL WAS WITHDRAWN AT 4:28 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011.  ONE WEEK AFTER IT WAS PROPOSED!!!!

An interesting discussion on the San Diego city employee retirement

Pension-plan change would seem like default

As people discuss the Florida Retirement System, they should differentiate between current employees and future employees.

FRS Change Ahead

Gov. Scott proposes workers pay 5 percent into retirement and end DROP

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced his proposal to save $2.8 billion over two years by requiring state and local employees to contribute to their retirement accounts and eliminating other elements of the programs that he believes cost state and local governments too much money.

Battle shaping up over pension proposal

Gov. Rick Scott has picked a fight with more than a half million employees with his proposal to make them fund their own pensions.

Florida lawmakers see big savings in state-worker pension cuts

Forced to plug a budget hole of nearly $4 billion, state legislators see pensions as a source of big-bucks savings.

The Impact of Public Pensions on State and Local Budgets

50 States in debt

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