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Well we have seen this coming for a while. The Mayor sees an optirpunoty to use the current economic situation in the country to attempt to stick it to the employees of the City and build his immoral legacy. Both the police and firefighters as well as the general employees will likely prevail in any lawsuit as Georgia case law and the Georgia constitution have held consistently that municipal pensions are a contractual obligation between the employer and the employee. Any reduction in benefits would likely not survive a court challenge despite the Reed-sided Troutman Sanders opinion. Many of these employees started years ago and because the City did not want to pay into Social Security, they opted to contribute to a 30 year pension with a defined benefit. Now it's fourth and long for many of these employees who have planned their lives based on this contract with the City. The City can no more walk away from this contract than they can the Park Atlanta contract and if they do, it will cost them a lot of money.Perhaps this is a publicity stunt orchestrated so someone will notice Reed in Washington, or perhaps its a political stunt so he can say I tried but the law and Council did not go along with me , and he can please his republican contributors for his next political ambition. Or perhaps this is a scare tactic so he can get concessions from employees during budget and pension negotiations.Even if it was legal to rob these employees of their benefits, it is immoral and shocking to do so and I am surprised that there is not more of an uprising in the City of Atlanta. The Mayor shows what an uninformed politician he is when he talks of no problems recruiting with a 10% unemployment rate. Recruit who? Lower the standards, allow unemployed and uneducated people to become police and firefighters, then pay the lawsuits and investigate the embedded corruption. We have already seen this as we reap the benefits of the lower Police standards implemented by Pennington Inc. in a relatively healthy economy. (multiple lawsuits since Pennington's lowered hiring standards)Welcome to a future Detroit. If the Council allows Reed and his sidekick Heinrich Himmler (aka Peter Aman) to destroy this City and reduce its loyal employees benefits they should be ashamed. If the citizens allow it, they get the government they deserve.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Daiphong
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
16 december 2014, 18:48:54
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