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Pension Truth Squad to Appear in Carson before Legislative Hearing

October 24, 2011

For Immediate Release
Monday, October 24, 2011
Californians for Retirement Security

**News Conference Advisory**
Pension Truth Squad to Appear in Carson Wednesday Prior to Legislative Hearings
Firefighters, Teachers, Police to Share Stories, Dispel Myths

Pension Truth Squad Appears in Modesto

September 13, 2011

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Retirees and workers dispel myths about public employee retirement

MODESTO – Retired state workers, police officers and other members of Californians for Retirement Security’s Pension Truth Squad shared personal stories in Modesto today to set the record straight about proposals to gut public pensions in California and across the nation.

Public Employees Support Constructive Efforts to Evaluate Pensions

September 9, 2011

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 9, 2011
Californians for Retirement Security

SACRAMENTO – Following is a statement by Dave Low, chairman of Californians for Retirement Security, about plans for an interim conference committee on pensions:

Happy Labor Day: Rich Get Richer; Working Families Get Attacked

September 2, 2011

September 2, 2011

To: Interested Parties
From: Californians for Retirement Security
Re: Happy Labor Day: Rich Get Richer; Working Families Get Attacked

So this is how our nation rings in a holiday meant to celebrate its workers. Job growth is stalled, fresh threats of recession spell more financial uncertainty for working families and CEOs are … getting rich. Really rich.

Sacramento News & Review: Will public pensions really cause a fiscal ‘tsunami,’ or do critics have a case of pension envy?

September 1, 2011

Public enemies: Will public pensions really cause a fiscal ‘tsunami,’ or do critics have a case of pension envy?
Sacramento News and Review
Sept. 1, 2011

By Cosmo Garvin

Firefighters, cops and teachers. Not so long ago, these public employees were among the most admired American workers.

“Now it’s like they’re the scapegoats for the problems of government. The cops and firefighters, the public-health nurses—they’ve become the bad guys,” says David Miller, a scientist with state Department of Toxic Substances Control.

LAO: Measure to Hike State Retirement Age Likely Would Cause More Harm Than Good

August 22, 2011

For Immediate Release: August 22, 2011
 
***For Immediate Release***
LAO: Measure to Hike State Retirement Age Likely Would Cause More Harm Than Good
 
SACRAMENTO – The Legislative Analyst’s Office has confirmed that a flawed proposed ballot measure to raise the retirement age for public employees “raises several significant legal and implementation issues that make it uncertain as to how its provisions would be implemented.”

More Family Feuding in Pensionreformville?

August 3, 2011

To: Interested Parties
Re: More Family Feuding in Pensionreformville?
From: Steven Maviglio, Californians for Retirement Security

Even with Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and even former Assemblyman Roger Niello throwing in the towel on their hopes for a pension initiative next year, ex-Schwarzenegger official Dan Pellisier is “guaranteeing” a measure for the November 2012 ballot.

We Won’t Get Fooled Again

July 20, 2011

TO:          Interested Parties         
FR:          Californians for Retirement Security
RE:          We Won’t Get Fooled Again