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Public Pensions News last updated July 31 10:22pm PST
The complete text of these articles was e-mailed to subscribers.August 1st, 2010
- BREAKING: Former California Assemblyman and Pension Reformer Keith Richman Dies (Kevin Modesti / Los Angeles Daily News)
- Former California Assemblyman Keith Richman Dies (Carol Rock / KHTS Radio)
- We Lost A Great One -- Remembering Keith Richman (Carl Goldman / KHTS Radio)
- VIDEO: Former California Assemblyman, Keith Richman, Dies (KCBS-TV)
- Bell, California Rings in Tea Party Spirit (column - Steven Greenhut / Big Government)
- Bell Awakens the Outrage (op-ed - Reed Royalty / Orange County Register)
- Maybe We Should Thank Bell's Rizzo for Shedding Light on Pension Excesses (column - Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times)
July 31st, 2010
July 30th, 2010
- Pension Hike Revelations from 1999 Show Massive Failure at CalPERS (column - Dan Walters / Sacramento Bee)
- CalPERS Responds (Inadequately) to Pension Criticism, Skirts Real Issues (blog - Adam Summers / Reason Foundation)
- 3 Former Highly Paid Officials in Bell, California Won't Collect Pensions Until State Clears Them (Marc Lifsher, Jeff Gottlieb / Los Angeles Times)
- California Gubernatorial Candidate Jerry Brown Hears the Free Publicity Bell (editorial - Orange County Register)
- Bell Residents Paid Huge Tax Bills in Addition to Huge Salaries, Records Show (blog - Kim Christensen / Los Angeles Times)
- California Approaches 'Fiscal Meltdown'; Fort Worth, Texas Ponders Scrapping Defined Benefit Pension Plans (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- CFFR President to Participate in SF Conference on Initiative and Referendum (California Pension Reform)
- AGENDA FOR TODAY'S US CHAMBER CONFERENCE: What Public Benefit Plans Can Learn From Private Employers (pdf)
- LIVE WEBCAST TODAY: Watch the US Chamber Pension Conference in DC Live Online Starting at 9 AM Eastern Time
- Arizona Chamber of Commerce Head Expresses Fears About Sustainability of State's Retirement System (Howard Fischer / Arizona Republic)
- Fort Worth Council Considers Eliminating Guaranteed Pension for Newer Workers (Mike Lee / Fort Worth Srtar-Telegram)
- Evanston, Illinois Aldermen Push for More Info on Pensions (Bill Smith / Evanston Now)
- Public Sector Workers Get More Pay, Perks, Report Says Labor Department Report (blog - Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
July 29th, 2010
- California's City Officials Scramble to Limit Damage From Bell Scandal (Sam Allen, Abby Sewell and Patrick Mcgreevy / Los Angeles Times)
- CFFR Vice President Jack Dean to Participate in US Chamber of Commerce Pension Conference Friday in DC
- NOTE: Reduced Headline Schedule Today and Tomorrow on PensionTsunami.com
- El Cajon, California Imposes Pension Reforms on Police, But More Needed (editorial - San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: False Recovery in Commercial Real Estate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 28th, 2010
- Southern California's Metropolitan Water District Workers Renew Demand for 25% Pension Increase (Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
- AFSCME Says MWD Workers Are in the 'Retirement Benefit Cellar' (press release)
- VIDEO: California Pension Reformer Marcia Fritz Appears on the NBC Nightly News (California Pension Reform)
- VIDEO: California Pension Reformer Jack Dean Appears on Los Angeles Public Affairs TV Program (California Pension Reform)
- The Loathsome Campaign Against Pension Reform in San Francisco (blog - Joe Eskenazi / SF Weekly)
- Bell, California Salary of $800,000 Sparks Western Taxpayer Mutiny (commentary - Joe Mysak / Bloomberg)
- Ho-Hum, California's Taxpayers Ripped Off Again (column - Marcos Breton / Sacramento Bee)
- Everyone in California Is on the Hook for City of Bell Pensions (letters - Orange County Register)
- Stanislaus County Workers 'Spike' Retirement Pay; Vacation Cash-Outs One Factor in Spiraling Pension Costs (Ken Carlson / Modesto Bee)
- Government Aristocracy or Arrogance -- Something's Got to Change (column - Jeff Ackerman / Grass Valley Union)
- Disagree With the Vote on Pension Data Disclosure? Cap It, Says Kern County Retirement Board (James Burger / Bakersfield Californian)
- Public Pension Reform Takes Center Stage in San Diego (op-ed - Carl DeMaio / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- San Diego Schools, City Stare Into Financial Abyss (Craig Gustafson / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- San Diego Taxpayers to Pay $1 Million in Legal Fees for Pension Case Defendents (Ashlie Rodriguez / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Cape Coral, Florida Seeks to Reel in Ballooning Pension Costs (Kelly Creswell / WBBH-TV)
- How Many Public Employees Does New York State Have? Albany Doesn't Know (Danny Hakim / New York Times)
- Public Employees Get More Benefits, Says Labor Department Report (Sara Murray / Wall Street Journal)
- Cities' Plea to Congress: We Need $75 Billion or We'll Lay Off 500,000 (Ron Scherer / Christian Science Monitor)
- Obama Wants Another $50 Billion to Avoid 300,000 Teacher Layoffs (Mark Sappenfield / Christian Science Monitor)
- 'Glimmers of Improvement,' But State Financial Woes Remain (Lisa Lambert, Reuters / New York Times)
July 27th, 2010
- California's SB400 Pension Boost in 1999: An Uncanny Actuarial Forecast Went Unheeded (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- California's Latest Pay Plunder: Outrage Over Lavish Salaries and Pensions in Bell Could Fire Up Reform (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- California Attorney General Issues Subpoenas in Bell Pay and Pension Scandal (Catherine Saillant / Los Angeles Times)
- More Bell Vibrations (editorial - Orange County Register)
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