Jacksonville’s out of control spending!

While the City of Jacksonville (Duval County) complains yet again about not having enough money for services, focusing on police, Jacksonville City Council Finance Chairman Art Shad intends to introduce an ordinance today to give the sheriff’s office $4 million in overtime money. This allocaiton is intended to help reduce the city’s homicide problem and violent crime rates. Who wouldn’t be in favor of that?

However, let’s look at it from a financial view: $4 million for “about” 70 officers a day for 4 months. Simple math shows that is $57142.85 per officer for 4 months. In the private sector, $57142 could hire 70 officers for an entire year with money left over.

One has to question the spending discipline of the City of Jacksonville and Duval County. And one wonders why taxes are so high - the waste in the government is amazing.

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