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Public Pensions News last updated May 16 7:36am PST
The complete text of these articles was e-mailed to subscribers.May 16th, 2012
- Whether We Like It or Not, Unsustainable Public Pensions Will Go Away (Charles Hugh Smith / Business Insider)
- The Government Accounting Standards Board Is About to Nuke State and Local Budgets — And It’s About Time (Kevin D. Williamson / National Review)
- Who Is Going to Represent the Taxpayers of Los Angeles? (Jack Humphreville / CityWatch LA)
- How California's Unions Hijacked the Golden State (Liz Peek / The Fiscal Times)
- Pension Crisis Deniers Attempt to Shame California's Reform Advocates (Brian Calle / CalWatchdog)
- Act Now on California Pension Reform -- State Government Has Little Time Left to Waste (editorial - Press-Telegram)
- State Contribution to CalPERS Expected to Rise Next Fiscal Year (Marc Lifsher / Los Angeles Times)
- CalPERS Committee Approves State and School Contribution Rates (press release - CalPERS)
- Watch the CalPERS Board Meeting Today Live Starting at Approximately 11:00 AM
- Sacramento City Council Favors Pension Changes for Cops and Firefighters (Ryan Lillis / Sacramento Bee)
- Sacramento City Council Budget Hearing Draws Dozens of Firefighters; 60 May Be Laid Off (blog - Ryan Lillis / Sacramento Bee)
- Sacramento Region's 1,000 Highest-Paid Local Government Employees with Pension Formulas (Phillip Reese / Sacramento Bee)
- Atascadero, California Adopts Two-Tier Pension Plan (CalCoastNews.com)
- Illinois Public Employee Unions Gear Up to Oppose State Pension Changes (Chris Wetterich / State Journal-Register)
- SEARCHABLE DATABASE: The CalPERS $100,000 Pension Club Has Grown to 12,000 Members
- If You Were a California Public Employee, What Would Your Pension Be? (interactive - CalculateYourPublicPension.com)
- 12 Half-Truths About Public Employee Pensions That Deserve to Be Debunked (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
May 15th, 2012
- California Deficit Soars to $16 Billion; Solution Must Include Public Pension Reform (Mike Shedlock / UnionWatch)
- Gov. Brown's Pay Cut Plan Wouldn't Affect California Employees' Pension Calculations (Jon Ortiz / Sacramento Bee)
- Governor Fails to Mention California's Unsustainable Pensions in Budget Solution, Says Head of Taxpayer Group (release - Taxpayers United of America)
- Forum This Thursday in San Francisco: 'The Public Pension Tsunami: Closer to California's Shore?' (Pacific Research Institute)
- In Mendocino County, The Buck Stops Nowhere (op-ed - John Dickerson / Ukiah Daily Journal)
- CalPERS and CalSTRS Hold Sizable Stakes in J.P. Morgan Chase (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Rhode Island Governor Continues Pension Reform Push for Cities and Towns (Jeremy Brown / WPRI-TV)
- Changes to Ohio's Public Employee Pensions the Most Sweeping in State History (Laura A. Bischoff / Springfield News-Sun)
- Kansas Closer to Using Casinos to Support Pensions (John Hanna / Hutchinson News)
May 14th, 2012
- Time for Union Obstructionist to End Snarky Comments and Seriously Address California Pension Reform (column - Daniel Borenstein / Contra Costa Times)
- California's Budget Deficit Mushrooms to $16 Billion (Kevin Yamamura / Sacramento Bee)
- The Mariana Pension Foreshock: A Sign of Bankruptcy to Come If States Don't Reform Retiree Benefits (editorial - Wall Street Journal) $
- California Either Changes in Sweeping, Fundamental, Unprecedented Ways -- Or It Collapses (blog - Chris Reed / Calwhine)
- Ballot-Box Pension Reform in California Wins First Court Test in Menlo Park (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- Contra Costa County's $100,000 Pension Club Has Its First $300,000 Member (Contra Costa Taxpayers Association)
- Cuts to Sacramento's Services Could Be Avoided if City Employees Would Pay More Toward Their Own Pensions (editorial - Sacramento Bee)
- Pension Issue Plays Role in Recall of Council Members in Fullerton, California (column - Steven Greenhut / Orange County Register)
- Lincoln, California Exemplifies Tough Economic Times of Recent Years (Loretta Kalband & Ed Fletcher / Sacramento Bee)
- Municipal Bankruptcy Infighting Flares Anew in California (column - Dan Walters / Sacramento Bee)
- Rhode Island: Big Pension Reforms in a Little State (Charles Chieppo / Governing)
- VIDEO: Providence, Rhode Island's Mayor Angel Taveras Discusses the City's Pension Crisis (Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV)
- Public Pension COLA Calculator: Discover the True Price of Annual Cost of Living Adjustments (WPRI-TV)
- Illinois Mayors Call for Pension Reform to an 'Unsustainable System' (Kerry Lester / Daily Herald)
- Control of Pensions in Illinois Should Rest Locally (editorial / Daily Herald)
- Conflicts, Controversy Plague Year-Old Criminal Investigation of New Jersey Lt. Gov. and $245K Pension Scam (Mark Lagerkvist / New Jersey Watchdog)
May 12th, 2012
May 11th, 2012
- State and Local Public Pension Funding Slips Nationally, Study Shows (Dan Oney / PublicCEO)
- States Borrow to Cover Pension Fund Shortfalls (Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg)
- San Diego, San Jose Voters Asked to Cut Pensions (Elliot Spagat / Real Clear Politics)
- Report From CalPERS' Chief Actuary Sees Higher Payment by State (Mary Lynne Vellinga / Sacramento Bee)
- Some Pensions in Providence, Rhode Island Can Outlive the Retiree (with video - Tim White / WPRI-TV)
- Public Pension COLA Calculator: Discover the True Price of Annual Cost of Living Adjustments (WPRI-TV)
- Alabama Legislature Passes Pension Reform (Tara Cantore / PlanSponsor)
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