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Public Pensions News last updated July 28 3:11am PST
The complete text of these articles was e-mailed to subscribers.July 28th, 2014
- California's Public Employees Need to Know the Truth About Their Pensions (op-ed - David Brown / Marin Independent Journal)
- Pension Costs Are Draining California School Budgets (op-ed - Chuck Reed / U-T San Diego)
- Making Good on Pension Promises to California's Public Employees (editorial - Lompoc Record)
- Detroit-Style Pension Cuts: Could It Happen Here in Calfornia? (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
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- At Some Point, California Must Stop Mortgaging Its Future to Pay for Public Employees’ Pensions (op-ed - Victor Nava / Orange County Register)
- California Teacher Pay Averages $84,489; Data Missing for Los Angeles Unified School District (Thomas Himes / Contra Costa Times)
- Data Now Available on Teacher Pay, But Not for Los Angeles Unified School District (blog - LA School Report)
- A Follow-Up on the University of California's Pension Borrowing (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Idaho Needs $3.5 Billion to Meet Public Employee Pension Promises (Dustin Hurst / IdahoReporter.com)
- Q&A and the Truth on New Jersey Pensions (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- How 'Sacred' Is New Jersey Gov. Christie's Trust? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Providence Journal Loses Bid for Hedge Fund Records Related to State Pension System (Katherine Gregg / Providence Journal)
- Rhode Island Denies Newspaper Access to Records of Hedge Fund Investments by Pension System (blog - Ted Ballantine / Pension360)
- Getting Over Hedge Funds (Barry Ritholtz / Bloomberg)
- SEARCHABLE DATABASES of California Public Employees' Pay and Pensions (TransparentCalifornia.com)
- UNSUSTAINABLE: New York City Now Has More Retired Cops Collecting Pensions Than Active Cops on the Streets (op-ed - Nicole Gelinas / New York Post)
July 25th, 2014
- Despite Conviction, Richard Alarcón Keeps $116,000 a Year From Los Angeles City Pension (Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Daily News)
- New Database Details Pay of California Public School Employees; More Than 1000 Teachers Are Double Dipping (Stephen Ceasar / Los Angeles Times)
- Providence Pension Lawsuit Looming, Trial This Fall (Tim White / WPRI-TV)
- Across New York State, Underfunded Public Employee Pensions Are Clouding the Future (Steven Malanga / City Journal)
July 24th, 2014
- New Data From the California Policy Center Shows Double-Dipping Among Educators Statewide (Sacramento News 10 / KXTV-TV)
- New Actuary Tables May Be 'Nail in the Coffin' for Defined-Benefit Pension Plans (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
- Two Tales of a City – How Detroit Transcended Ideology to Reform Pensions (Ed Ring / UnionWatch)
- Needed: An Independent Analysis of Detroit’s Leadership Capacity (Steve Eide / Public Sector Inc.)
- Los Angeles Is Killing Itself (Rob Montz / Reason Magazine)
- Pension Obligation Bonds: A Secret Weapon for Pension Plans? (Alicia H. Munnell / Market Watch)
July 23rd, 2014
- Pension Funds Are Reporting Record Levels of Capital, Yet Public Pension Costs Keep Growing. Why? (David Crane / Fox & Hounds)
- California Taxpayers Shouldn't Be on Hook for Pension Fund Stumbles (editorial - Orange County Register)$$
- Marin County Parcel Tax Would Pay for New Police-Fire Radio System; Pension Critics Slam PR Costs, Funding Plan (Nels Johnson / Independent Journal)
- Deal in Detroit Could Signal Cuts to Public Employee Pensions Elsewhere (Alan Greenblatt / NPR)
- Pennsylvania Receives Third Consecutive Credit Downgrade, and Its Pension System Is the Culprit (blog - Ted Ballantine / Pension360)
- Monkeying With New Jersey Pension Math (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
July 22nd, 2014
- Needed for Los Angeles: A 'Commission for Retirement Security' and 'Pensions for Dummies' (Jack Humphreville / CityWatch LA)
- University of California System Borrows Money Long-Term to Cover Operational Expenses (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- 2 College of the Sequoias Instructors Fight Back Over CalSTRS Pension Slash (Marc Benjamin / Fresno Bee)
- Back to School for CalPERS Board, Says Governor Brown (Kip McDaniel / aiCIO)
- Detroit Pensioners Back Grand Bargain in Bankruptcy Vote, Creditors Object (Nathan Bomey and Matt Helms / Detroit Free Press)
- Rating State Pension Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Pennsylvania Teachers' Union Has 'Declared War' on Taxpayers, Claims State Senator (John L. Micek / Patriot News)
- Will the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Pension Fund Ever Come Clean? (Iliya Atanasov / Public Sector Inc.)
July 21st, 2014
- University of California Borrows $2.7 Billion to Fund Pension Debt (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Workers Collecting More in Retirement Than on the Job (column - Daniel Borenstein / Contra Costa Times)
- The AVERAGE Public Employee Pension in Orange County, California Is 88% of Final Salary (Robert Fellner / UnionWatch)
- A Complete List of the 12,237 Retired Orange County Public Employees Receiving Pensions (database - Transparent California)
- Voting Results on Pension Cuts by Detroit's City Employees and Retirees Expected Today (CBS Detroit)
- Mississippi Pension Fund Heads for Final 'Jeopardy’ (Steve Wilson / Mississippi Watchdog)
- Nevada State and Local Government Workers Are Retiring Later (Sean Whaley / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Contract Talks Between Washington's Governor and Public Employee Unions Shouldn't Be Conducted in Secret (editorial - The Columbian)
- Ohio Public Employees Retirement System Should Drop Fund for Highly Paid Retirees (letter - Columbus Dispatch)
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