This is a ticking time bomb in cities across the country and is the result of an unholy alliance between Democrat politicians and the public sector union. This will bankrupt many cities and counties across the landscape.
For years I have been posting that public sector unions are a far larger menace than private sector unions which have been losing members and influence for years
I remember reading in Forbes Magazine about 17 years ago that in Michigan the number of teachers union members was now greater than the number of automobile union members in Michigan. That was a sign of real sickness, of money grubbing gubbermint slugs becoming bigger than private enterprise