I'm curious if the city by city comparision of employees given in the News article is a fair one. Maybe someone with more knowledge of city government would know. According to the comparision we look very inefficient and other cities seem to be more efficient.

However could it be because of union contracts with job classifications and so-forth
Could it be because of city-county relationships the city gains some efficiencies [[ex Jacksonville FL)
I did notice that the older cities in the Northeast weren't included on the list

Or are we just that bad