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Posts tagged as “PERS”

Frohnmayer takes umbrage, RG calls for PERS transparency

2/3/2013 update. Former UO President Frohnmayer sends the email below, correcting several points on the post below, and giving his opinion on others. The last email I got from Frohnmayer also vaguely threatened a defamation lawsuit, but he dropped that after the state Audits Division told him he really was under investigation.…

PERS changes coming?

Ted Sickinger of the Oregonian has been digging into PERS for several years now. Sickinger’s latest report covers reforms that the Legislature might consider, their consequences, and the likelihood they will survive legal challenges. Former UO student Hannah Hoffman covers PERS often in her State Workers Blog for the Salem Statesman-Journal. And…

UO finances and student debt

9/25/2012: The RG’s Diane Dietz digs into the student debt situation, with a focus on UO. Some tidbits: The prisons’ share is $1.36 billion in the current two-year budget, compared with the $691 million for the entire, seven-school Oregon University System.  Not clear if that includes direct state aid to…

PERS data to be public

11/21/2011: David Thompson of the SJ tweets that the judge just refused to issue an injunction, so basic data on PERS payouts by name and amount will be released to the SJ and the Oregonian today soon, and will presumably be posted online w/in a few days weeks. The top…

PERS data to be public

9/11/2011: Originally the Oregonian just wanted the data on those getting more than $100,000 a year. PERS fought and lost, now everything will be public. Most new PERS retirees get modest amounts – 60% of salary, maybe $30,000. I think the release of this data will actually tone down the…

What happened to PERS reform?

7/10/2011: From Dennis Thompson in the Statesman Journal: (My interpretations, not his.) A) Unions squashed it: “The reality is there will be no significant PERS reform as long as public-employee unions have such extreme power in the Oregon Capitol,” said Rep. Dennis Richardson, R-Central Point, one of the strongest voices…

PERS hell for ORP members?

5/30/2011: If you are nearing retirement you should be reading Dennis Thompson in the Statesman Journal and also the very well informed persinfo blog: … Finally, there must be a special hell reserved for my colleagues in the Oregon University System who decided way back in 1996 to accept the…