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Getting Up to Date
The infamous TRS 1/LEOFF 1 merger study was completed by the SCPP in December and submitted to the legislature on January 9th. There has not been much in the way of public discussion of the issue since that time. Note: you can see the final study at the following location: http://leg.wa.gov/SCPP/Publications/Pages/FinalSCPP2016MergerStudy.aspx David Pringle of the […]
House Email Addresses – 2017
65th Legislature – House 2017 Name E-mail District Shelley Kloba Shelley.Kloba@leg.wa.gov District 01 Derek Stanford Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov District 01 Gary Alexander gary.alexander@leg.wa.gov District 02 J.T. Wilcox jt.wilcox@leg.wa.gov District 02 Timm Ormsby timm.ormsby@leg.wa.gov District 03 Marcus Riccelli marcus.riccelli@leg.wa.gov District 03 Jay Rodne jay.rodne@leg.wa.gov District 05 Paul Graves Paul.Graves@leg.wa.gov District 05 Jeff Holy jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov District 06 Mike Volz […]
Senate Email Addresses 2017
Email addresses for the Senate. 65th Legislative Session (2017) 65th Legislature – Senators Senator E-mail District Party Guy Palumbo Guy.Palumbo@leg.wa.gov District 01 D Randi Becker randi.becker@leg.wa.gov District 02 R Andy Billig andy.billig@leg.wa.gov District 03 D Mike Padden mike.padden@leg.wa.gov District 04 R Mark Mullet mark.mullet@leg.wa.gov District 05 D Michael Baumgartner michael.baumgartner@leg.wa.gov District 06 R Shelly Short […]
Treachery
Published 09/18/2016 It is not uncommon to hear our elected officials heap praise onto the first responders. Of course this is always more common around September 11th and other major events where a police officer or fire fighter has sacrificed his or her life trying to save someone else. Of course the praise fades quickly when […]
Ice Miller Opinions on the Merger
By Admin on September 5, 2016 in 2016 Legislature, LEOFF 1/LEOFF 2 Merger, LEOFF 1/TRS 1 Merger, Merger
Ice Miller is a law firm located in Chicago with offices in several cities. The firm serves as counsel to the State of Washington primarily on tax issues. Whenever the state is concerned about potential tax issues in legislation they normally engage Ice Miller to conduct a review. As such they serve as an acting […]
Merger Roundtable August 30 Report
By Admin on September 4, 2016 in 2016 Legislature, LEOFF 1/LEOFF 2 Merger, LEOFF 1/TRS 1 Merger, Merger
On Tuesday, August 30, 2019 the 2nd Roundtable Meeting on the proposed TRS 1/LEOFF 1 merger was held in Olympia. Who was there? About thirty people attended. The principal speaker was the State Actuary, Matt Smith. Also in attendance was Ann Hall the assistant Attorney General assigned to the Select Committee on Pension Policy (SCPP), […]
TRS Underfunding
One of the major concerns of LEOFF 1 members about the proposed TRS 1/LEOFF 1 merger is the failure of the legislature to properly fund the TRS 1 pension plan. In fact, the under funding has been so bad that there is no reason to expect the legislature will address these issues in the future. […]
California court opens door to changing public employee pensions
August 22, 2016 BY DAN WALTERS dwalters@sacbee.com California’s perpetual debate over public employee pensions has always revolved about what’s called the “California rule” – a series of court decisions that seemingly prohibit any changes in pension benefits once they are granted. The debate has intensified in recent years as the California Public Employee Retirement System […]
A Member’s Thoughts on SB-6668
Editor’s Note: The following is from an email circulated by Bradd Reynolds, PD Centralia Retired LEOFF1. I am posting it without edits but want to encourage readers to recognize there are some errors and misstatements. They are minor but can serve as an alert to double check on all you read — that includes the […]