Time to take some advice from Bob Marley. There won't be a lot of happy Oregonians tonight. Just remember how we got here. Just remember all the elected officials who helped pave the way for this outcome. Keep in mind that Ted the Kelvinator insists to Willamette Week (this week) that he does plan to run for re-election.
In the meantime, it is time to stir up some trouble. The "settlement" has been in existence for 15 months now. Strunk has been "law" for 5 months. Back in March, PERS distributed a "plan" for implementing Strunk and Lipscomb that was long on concept, short on detail. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that PERS does not know how (or if) they plan to implement the "settlement" for retirees. Any argument to the contrary is dissembling and disengenous. People should email PERS officials now and start demanding to know what the plans are (whenever this might occur) for retirees. Active and inactive members know EXACTLY what is going to happen -- no surprises there. But from the beginning, PERS has played it extremely close to the vest about retirees. Well folks. The settlement is no longer theoretical. It is very real for all of us who retired based on promises that existed before Judge Lipscomb ever issued his final judgement (and before the legislation). Our lives can be turned on end. We want to know what PERS' plans are, and we want to know now. We know that there will be no end to the litigation. But we need the certainty of what will happen in the next year, not some abstract event 3 or 4 years from now. Write to PERS. Deluge them with email (see addresses in link to left entitled "PERS email addresses"). Now is NOT the time to be bashful.
In the meantime, it is time to stir up some trouble. The "settlement" has been in existence for 15 months now. Strunk has been "law" for 5 months. Back in March, PERS distributed a "plan" for implementing Strunk and Lipscomb that was long on concept, short on detail. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that PERS does not know how (or if) they plan to implement the "settlement" for retirees. Any argument to the contrary is dissembling and disengenous. People should email PERS officials now and start demanding to know what the plans are (whenever this might occur) for retirees. Active and inactive members know EXACTLY what is going to happen -- no surprises there. But from the beginning, PERS has played it extremely close to the vest about retirees. Well folks. The settlement is no longer theoretical. It is very real for all of us who retired based on promises that existed before Judge Lipscomb ever issued his final judgement (and before the legislation). Our lives can be turned on end. We want to know what PERS' plans are, and we want to know now. We know that there will be no end to the litigation. But we need the certainty of what will happen in the next year, not some abstract event 3 or 4 years from now. Write to PERS. Deluge them with email (see addresses in link to left entitled "PERS email addresses"). Now is NOT the time to be bashful.
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