That's the finding of a Boston consultant hired by the city to examine the pros and cons of the early retirement program. Oddly, the report from the consultant isn't due until later this month, but The Inquirer got a tip that one of the consultants made the DROP program the topic of a paper delivered at a symposium in Europe early this year. The paper ran the
piece Friday (July 30) and appended all the usual caveats by (somewhat stunned) city officials saying it is too soon to make a final judgment on the program. That said, there has never been any proof that DROP is anything but a sweet deal for retiring city officials and previous studies have shown that whatever savings realized are minimal.
