You can say this or say that, but it is a totally messedup system if we pay our public employees more to retire than to work. Doesnt everyone hate the CEO’s who fail golden parashutes? Well those parashutes are voted for by the board which is controlled by the share holders. Enough share holders vote against this kinda stuff and it stops. Well you are a voter here, you are a shareholder in Sd fire. Vote against it. If it isnt good for the private sector, it isnt good for the public one either.

And I would consider the mayor to be CEO of San diego corp. Fire chief in my mind would be more like a VP or department director.