Groups form coalition, want local pension reform revisited in 2015
According to the coalition—which includes the Florida League of Cities and Associated Industries of Florida—the Florida Legislature in the late 1990s imposed mandates on local governments that have made local police and firefighter pensions unsustainable. In the past, it’s been an issue cities and the unions have not been able to agree on, but the initial bipartisan bill that died this year to repeal those restrictions was a product widely supported by both sides.
Other members of the coalition include Americans for Prosperity, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business, and R Street Institute.
