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New Orleans firefighters oust leadership of long-troubled pension fund

Trouble has plagued the pension fund for decades, with the city and firefighters often facing off in court over what taxpayers must pay to keep it solvent

NOLA.com

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans firefighters appear to have delivered a resounding message of no confidence in the board that has been managing their long-troubled pension fund, voting to oust the full slate of trustees who had represented them for at least the past decade.

The Fire Department’s rank-and-file members and retirees refused to re-elect four incumbents who tried to keep their seats on the New Orleans Firefighters Pension & Relief Fund’s board of trustees: Darryl Klumpp, firefighters union president Nick Felton, Terry Hampton and Richie Hampton.

Instead, they tapped firefighters Tommy Meagher and Nick Lavene and former firefighters Martin Gaal and Angelo Marchese to take their places.

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