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Local CPA is questioning figures in the Jaguars lease
Mayor Donna Deegan and members of the City Council have been asked to do a financial analysis of the proposed lease with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jack Meeks, a certified public accountant, noted: The city’s pension liability is approximately $3 billion and growing at approximately $200 million annually before further increases are anticipated in the stadium…
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Oversight committee on new schools ruled not quite independent
Apparently, oversight can become meddling at some point, depending on the eyes of the beholder. In November 2020, Duval County voters accepted a half-cent sales tax increase, by a vote of 2-to-1. The money was to replace aging schools. But the referendum also created an oversight committee to track the spending. The question on the…