Don't forget the hearing on Friday morning at 9 a.m. This is the final installment in the Circuit Court circus on the White case, which challenges the PERB...
... *************************************** I'll be there, wouldn't miss it for the world! At this point it looks like I'll have my honda Civic full with...
... Well, check the blog again for the two updates I posted this afternoon after getting home from the morning's agenda. It is more complicated than the...
... ******************************************* That explains my experience with PERS Customer Service just now. I spoke with a front line employee who passed...
... ****************************************** I just mailed the following letter to Paul Cleary, PERS Director and copies to the governor and each PERS Board...
This was my original post about the letter I sent to Paul Cleary. After hitting 'send' I found a few mistakes and decided to delete and re-submit with...
... 0000000000000000 Thank you very much, Peg, for sending this action letter, written affirmatively. As you've pointed out, given the new option, it would be...
... According to my PERS source, there isn't an option to go back to the pre-April 1 tables. The IRS has issued optional supplemental tables that allow a...
... *********************************** And where do we go next year, when the stimulus push is (one sure hopes) over? Leave it to the IRS to make something...
... **************************************** Thanks, Greg. I used the search term "financial modeling" on the document library main page and didn't come up...
... @@@ Ah, I know what is wrong. When I post to the PERS document library, I have to manually kick the database to reindex after posting. Sometimes I forget...
... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Thanks again for doing this, Greg. I know your only compensation is the gratitude of the PODG members, and we're all...
... @@@ While I appreciate all the good words, I feel compelled to point out that this project has been a team effort. Approx. half the files came from Marc's...
I've posted my initial thoughts on the White case hearings today. I didn't expect to do this until tonight, but the hearing was about 2 hours shorter than it...
... Thanks for the quick notes. I was unable to attend, but very curious. I keep coming back to wondering what Kantor finds so confusing, or what is the...
... ************************************ The best part of attending the White hearing today was meeting more POD people. Kay Bell, Peggy Woolsey and I drove...
... The central issue in this case seems to be defining what the legislature means by "fiduciary duty" and to whom is it owed. Basically our side argues that...
... Well, I think you captured the specifics of today's arguments quite well. I just don't think that today's hearings were even necessary given that most of...
... *************************************** It's hard to argue against your point, particularly with us (PERS members) paying the lawyers on *both* sides. I...
... I would extend the same offer to the people the greater Portland metro area. It would be fun to get together to chat without the forced environment of a...
Here's an interesting contrary view to the conventional wisdom that the current level of federal spending will lead to inflation: http://tinyurl.com/mx7mre...
... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX My wife Shirley and I attended the White hearing today and had the pleasure of meeting face-to-face a few of the...