Editorial: To stop future bad decisions like JEA privatization, make oversight more robust

As we continue to wade through the aftermath of the JEA sale process, with various entities looking for crimes, accountability and escape hatches, it would be wise for the city to consider not just how to fix this mess, but to think of how we got here.

Jacksonville appears to suffer from a lack of both foresight and oversight, with mistakes made years ago coming back to haunt us; if the bill for Plant Vogtle wasn’t looming over JEA, if pensions hadn’t been sweetened when times were good, it’s…

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