The group trying to revamp the city of Cincinnati's pension system says it's submitted almost 16,000 signatures on petitions to put the charter amendment before voters. It needs more than 7,400 valid signatures to make November's ballot. The board of elections still needs to verify the signatures and certify the issue.
"This is a common-sense approach," said Burr Robinson with the Cincinnati for Pension Reform ballot committee. "We can't meet our pension obligations, and the problem only gets worse the longer we stick with this current structure."