End Double Dipping

Why cities and state governments go broke--Click here... You won't believe the amount of compensation this state employee will receive.

This law needs to change. The double-dipping government retirees all received a waiver that allows them to take another government job while still receiving their pensions. In this particular case, it's a whopper paid for by Florida taxpayers.

Julie Jones, 57, will become the new secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections eight months after she retired as head of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a post she had held since 2009.

The practice of double dipping is prohibited in some states.  In 1984 former governor Bob Graham received legislation that passed unanimously in both houses of the Florida Legislature forbidding public officials from receiving retirement pay and regular pay simultaneously for the same position. Ms. Jones simply moved from one department to another. This is a loop hole that needs to be fixed.

A good read for all elected city officials.