GOP Chairman Scott Baugh is touting the “Pension Boot Camp” as a “non-partisan” event. You see, you can do that if you want to, all you need are some good front groups with a names like California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, the California Independent Voter Network, Governing Magazine and the Pacific Research Institute.
Tag Archive for Government Pensions
OC Supervisors to Appeal Pension Decision to CA Supreme Court
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
SANTA ANA — Even though in January the Orange County Board of Supervisors experienced Another Nail in the Coffin for Moorlach’s Pension Lawsuit Folly, they have decided to continue their failed lawsuit to overturn negotiated retroactive pension benefits of Orange County Deputy…
Moorlach is ALL TALK about pensions – except for his
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
When faced with the opportunity to dump his defined-benefit pension plan Mr. Moorlach is more Chicken Little than Pension Reform Advocate. To date, he won’t say what he doing. His opportunity to opt-out of the plan expires one month after taking his oath of office
Moorlach – Silence of the Lamb?
by Chris Prevatt • • 7 Comments
“After conducting a diligent search for responsive records, we have been unable to locate in the possession of the County “a record of Supervisor Moorlach’s pension status.” – Howard Sutter, Manager, CEO Community/Media Relations (2-4-2011).
Shooting at Flies: Blaming Public Employee Pensions for Budget Shortfalls
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
The Orange County Register’s Brian Calle fired off a hyperbolic rant on Sunday, January 30, 2011 blaming public employee pensions, and public employee unions for crushing budget shortfalls he likened to a tsunami that has reached the shoreline. Great rhetoric…
Another Nail in the Coffin for Moorlach’s Pension Lawsuit Folly
by Chris Prevatt • • 6 Comments
I’m not really sure how many nails this coffin needs but Supervisor John Moorlach and the Orange County Board of Supervisors were on the receiving end of another coffin nail from the California 2nd District Court of Appeals. The Court…
Busting The Myths About Public Employee Pension Costs
by Chris Prevatt • • 8 Comments
Enough already. It is time to stop blaming public employees for the budget shortfalls and stop representing their pensions as excessive and budget busting. Just because you keep repeating a lie over and over, does not make it any less of a lie.
