10/30/2010: Oregon Attorney General John Kroger and his Government Transparency Counsel Michael Kron have been making slow but steady progress improving Oregon’s public records situation – currently rated F. Earlier this month they released the 2010 Public Records Manual with some potentially important re-interpretations of the law. Now, in response…
Posts tagged as “PERS”
8/15/2010: Ted Sickinger of the Oregonian has a long story on PERS and the prospects for reforms, with very specific discussions of the costs and benefits of various reform proposals.
11/12/2009: Jack Bogdanski, a tax lawyer at Lewis and Clark, has somehow obtained a copy of a draft report by former Secretary of State Phil Keisling on PERS. It’s a disaster. Employers are going to have to double, perhaps triple their contributions to the fund. Taxpayers may be hit up…
10/24/2009: Ted Sickinger at the Oregonian does a lot of good reporting on PERS. I’m no economist, but a lot of strange things seem to be going on with their investment strategy – they have a politically appointed board which can and does overrule the staff about investment decisions. And…