This Oregon Supreme Court ruling is in a criminal law case but the potential of the Court including Legislative intent when they rule on Robinson and White in...
In court this morning Judge Kantor ruled in favor of the motion by PERB to stay implementation of the Robinson ruling. In effect, this means that PERS does...
After 30 years of being a PERS member, I'm eligible to retire today! Woo hoo! I never thought this day would come! I sure never planned to work for 30 years;...
... On a related note, although the hearing was called on short notice and most live outside the Portland area, Jim Coon seemed somewhat disappointed that I...
... 000000000000000000000000000000000000 Thank you very much, Marc, for representing us by being present in the court room today. I'm glad it was *you*. I'm...
... Thanks for the thanks. It was no big deal for me. I live 15 minutes from downtown and know the terrain well enough to find parking quickly a half block...
... @@@ I want to add my thanks to Marc for his timely reporting on this and other PERS meetings. Given Marc's knowledge of the players, history, law, and...
Again, from Willamette Law Online, a summary of the Oregon Court of Appeals in PERS case about calculation of unused sick leave. peg (1) Lenon v. PERB Case...
... You ought to read the original case if you want your head to hurt from the reasoning. At this point I've read it twice and I'm just now figuring it out....
... ************************************* Thanks for the insights. I still haven't read the original. but it is not new that PERS would be declining benefits...
... ********************************************** With your encouragement, I just read the whole opinion. I'm glad I did. First of all, the descenting...
... @@@ Excellent points Peg. Given the importance we all place on retirement retirement financial projections, they really need to do a better job with their...
I am a retired municipal Police Officer from Oregon. After I retired, I contacted PERS and I signed up for ODS Insurance for me and my wife Bernadette. ODS...
... Looks like you got a comment. Thanks for sending them your letter. OregonLive.com http://tinyurl.com/dx63cd PERS retirees help the economy Posted by Debra...
... An Editorial Team Member? Letters to the editor: Tax code, PERS, Memorial Coliseum by Readers Wednesday April 08, 2009, 8:00 PM Print publication:...
... If you can afford to hire a lawyer, I would advise you to do so. This is the reverse of the Kay Bell case and has merit. I'm certainly no expert on...
... ***************************************** I agree with Marc on both points; you *need* a lawyer and this seems to be yet another case where PERS made a...
... Damn SOB's..I'm absolutely outraged by this!! I have no doubt that they DO NOT have our (public employees) welfare in mind even when they make a mistake we...
... ********************************* Great blog post Marc! Thank you for taking this to your blog. I hope that someone with actual influence reads about it...
... I'm trying to figure out how to move pictures around from others' photo albums. I can physically download photos and then reupload them but that seems so...
... ********************************** You didn't ask, but I'd vote for persphoenix's Fungi Choir or Suspension or dsilvar's Sunset -- just if you'd ask for a...
... For now, I'm using the sneakernet approach. If you want your picture to be eligible for the home page, please try to save in a size that will permit me to...