Getting New Orleans firefighter pension costs under control: Editorial

The Landrieu administration is appealing a judge's order to pay New Orleans firefighters another $17.5 million to cover pension fund obligations for 2012 -- which would be on top of the almost $49 million, including debt payments, in the 2013 budget.

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