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Public Pensions News last updated February 8 9:12pm PST
The complete text of these articles was e-mailed to subscribers.February 8th, 2010
- California's Local Governments Struggle as Public Pension Costs Soar (Larry Parsons / Monterey County Herald)
- Stop Blaming and Fix Contra Costa County's Pension Rules (column - Daniel Borenstein / Contra Costa Times)
- CalPERS 'Retirement Dialogue' Conference This Friday in Los Angeles (blog - CaliforniaPensionReform.com)
- Escalating Pension Costs Contribute to Santa Barbara County's Widening Budget Hole (Sam Womack / Lompoc Record)
- California Sheriff Takes Home $640,000 a Year; Automatic Raises in SF; Oregon Pension Board Buries Head in Sand (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- Oregon's Leaders Shrug as Public Pension Crisis Looms (editorial - The Oregonian)
- Pennsylvania Officials Mull Looming Crisis in Government Pension Funding (Tony Romeo / Kyw Newsradio)
- Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska Proposes Trash Tax to Cover $500 Million Shortfall in Police and Fire Pension Fund (Kerri Stowell / Action 3 News)
- Connecticut Should Look at Public Sector Employee Benefits for Savings (editorial - Easton Courier)
- PENSION PULSE: Another Freaky Friday? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 7th, 2010
- California Highway Patrol Leading the Way on Pension Reform: A Small Step, But an Important One (blog - Paul Hatfield / Village to Village)
- CalPERS Needs to Get Honest With Its Facts (editorial - Sacramento Bee)
- CalSTRS Expects Rate-Hike Tussle in Legislature Amid CalPERS' Woes (Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee)
- Los Angeles City Pensions Since ERIP: The Facts, The Figures, The List (Ron Kaye / OurLA.org)
- Service Cuts, Tax Hikes Not the Only Options for California's Hurting Cities (editorial -Union-Tribune)
- Pension Hikes to Hit Taxpayers in Rialto, California (editorial - San Bernardino County Sun)
- '3 at 50' Plan Could Triple Rialto, California's Unfunded Pension Liability (Josh Dulaney / San Bernardino County Sun)
- Study of San Diego's Controversial DROP Pension Program Never Done (editorial - Union-Tribune)
- Scaling Back California's Unsustainable Public Pension Plans a Needed Step (editorial - San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
- Riverside County, California's Supervisors OK Early Retirement Program (Erica Felci / Desert Sun)
- Furlough Fever: Are Four-Day Workweeks the Beginning of a Permanent Trend? (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- STUDY: State Pension Funds Fall Off a Cliff (American Legislative Exchange Council)
- The US Is Crashing and Burning, California Style (blog - James Hudnall / Big Journalism)
- Redefining Public Pension Benefits -- A National Trend (blog - Vanessa Allen / Milwaukee Public Policy Forum)
- New Jersey's Governor, Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Pension, Health Care Changes for Public Employees (Claire Heininger / Star-Ledger)
- Bipartisanship Is the Problem on New Jersey's Pension Reform (blog - John Bury / Star-Ledger)
- Legislation Would Replace the Utah's Employee Pension System for Future State Workers (Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune)
- Bill to End Public Employee Defined Benefit Plans Under Consideration in Utah (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysiis)
- Thousands of Public Employees Rally at Utah's State Capitol to Protest Pension Reform Bills (with video - Sarah Dallof / KSL-TV)
- SPECIAL SUPER BOWL SUNDAY FEATURE: Pro Sports Don't Merit Public Funds (column - Dan Walters / Sacramento Bee)
February 5th, 2010
- Bankrupt Vallejo, California Cuts Retiree Health Benefits But Not Pensions (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- Initiative Drive Launched in Menlo Park, California to Cut City Pension Costs (Sean Howell / The Almanac)
- Forget Greece -- California Bond Spreads Have Soared Back to Crisis Levels (Vincent Fernando / Business Insider)
- Orange County Backtracks, Releases Deputy Sheriffs' Pension Deal Numbers (Jennifer Muir / Orange County Register)
- San Francisco's Pension System Bleeds Green (Melissa Griffin / San Francisco Examiner)
- Will San Francisco Manage to LOSE Money on Pension 'Reform'? (Joe Eskenazi / San Francisco Weekly)
- Reduced Pensions Proposed for New Bakersfield, California City Workers (KGET-TV)
- San Diego Will Put DROP Retirement Program to the Test (Helen Gao / Union-Tribune)
- New York's Teacher Pension Fund Lost $9 Billion Last Year While Costs Rose (blog - Kim Gittleson / Gotham Schools)
- Palos Park, Illinois Voters Defeat Police Pensions Tax Hike for Second Time by 67% ( Kevin Olsen / Regional News)
- Kansas Delays Payment to State's Pension Fund (Associated Press / NTV)
- PENSION PULSE: Jobs Market Recovery Now Underway? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 4th, 2010
- Voters in Bakersfield, California May Get to Reduce Pension Benefits for New City Employees (Gretchen Wenner / Bakersfield Californian)
- Mendocino County, California's Pension Debt Is a Serious Problem (op-ed - Ted Stephens, Wendy Pollitz, Antonio Andrade / Ukiah Daily Journal)
- Orange County, California Keeps Public in the Dark About Deputy Union's Pension Deal (Jennifer Muir / Orange County Register)
- Orange County Deputy Sheriffs' Union Could Still Win, Despite Spending $100,000 on Losing Candidate in Mission Viejo Recall (editorial - Orange County
- AWOL Candidates: How Would Brown, Whitman Handle Californa's Unaffordable Pension Benefits? Who Knows? (editorial - San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Lompoc, California's Future Budgets Will Be Affected By Increased CalPERS Payments (Bo Poertner / Santa Maria Times)
- Nevada's Governor Seeks to Cancel Collective Bargaining With Schools Because the State Is Broke (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Economic Trends)
- PENSION PULSE: Wither Deflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
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