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Musings from too close to the crypt. Random thoughts, valentines, and vitriol from an aging and increasingly cranky boomer who's tired of the public flogging he's taken as an Oregon Public Employee and now as a retired public employee drawing his PERS pension. To people who think I'm getting more than I deserve - bite me! I earned every penny. Please read the notes below before posting comments, or emailing me. They are important!!!

Thursday, December 23, 2021

It’s Goodbye and So Long To You

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As the winter holidays approach, my family and I wish you the best holiday season possible.  May the lengthening light of day shine bright a...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Take The Long Way Home

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I wasn't expecting to post another entry to this blog, but I thought I'd reach out one different way to see what might happen. As m...
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Saturday, July 24, 2021

House of Pain

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OK. I lied. THIS is my last post. Yesterday the PERS Board voted to lower the assumed interest rate from 7.2% to 6.9%. This falls betwee...
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Sunday, May 30, 2021

Free Bird

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This is my public announcement that I have posted by final content on this blog with the two entries below (Dancing in the Dark, and Another...
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Dancing In The Dark

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On June 4, 2021, the PERS Board will receive Milliman (the actuary) recommendations about various economic assumptions for the 2022-2023 cal...
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Friday, May 28, 2021

Another One Bites The Dust

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In my previous post "Wouldn't It Be Nice", I identified a bill introduced with bipartisan support (HB 2867), which would resol...
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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Wouldn't It Be Nice

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Every once in awhile, a bill that actually cures a problem with PERS comes along where everyone is a winner (The bill currently in process t...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Stay For Free

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There has been some discussion on the inter webs about the recently introduced SB 111 in the 2021 session of the Oregon Legislature. People...
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Monday, October 05, 2020

Confusion Wheel

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There seems to be some confusion following the State Economist's report on September 23, 2020. The good news is that tax revenues for t...
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Thursday, August 06, 2020

Cold Shoulder

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Today, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its ruling in the James et al case, the PERS Coalition challenge to the 2019 Legislature's SB 104...
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Sunday, May 17, 2020

All Said and Done

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The chatterati have been babbling on about Mitch McConnell's remark last month concerning letting states declare bankruptcy. Let's ...
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Sunday, April 05, 2020

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

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I've been meaning to write something for quite awhile now, but the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on all of us. I'm going to d...
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Friday, November 22, 2019

PAY ATTENTION

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I am deviating from my normal pattern of using song titles as titles for my blog posts. There is an important item I want to bring people...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Trampled Underfoot

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It has been a long time between postings. Since the Legislature passed SB 1049 concerning diversion of part of the IAP contribution, salary...
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Wednesday, August 07, 2019

It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

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Short post to clarify something.  In the past several days I’ve gotten emails from a couple of readers who have had reason to contact PERS’ ...
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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Tricksters, Hucksters, and Scamps (Warning: this is long)

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[Note:  this is a work in progress.  Expect some changes over the next day or two, mostly in clarifying language and as I discover more thin...
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I'm an anachronistic geek whose pedigree traces to FORTRAN II at UCLA in 1965. I was a college professor & administrator for 34 years and retired for 17 years. Now I'm just a boomer cruising into my dotage, stealing Social Security from all those folks who don't think I earned/deserve it. Apparently, I'm already stealing my PERS benefits from widows, orphans, small children, wealthy business people, and others who think that public servants should be paid accordingly, instead of feeding like pigs at a trough (OINK!). I do not suffer fools gladly and believe that we're sailing on the largest, most bizarre ship of fools that has ever left port.
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