Petitioners for Oregon initiative to ban taxes on food turn in signatures
Supporters of an initiative to ban taxes on food in Oregon have submitted nearly 176,000 signatures to the state. They face a July 6 deadline to turn in 117,578 valid…
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Gubernatorial candidate suggests a sales tax to solve PERS liability
Oregon’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) funding crisis has our state on the brink of a public services’ catastrophe with the potential for major public- and private-sector job losses. The system’s…
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Who answers to PERS debacle?: Letter to the editor
The Oregonian The New York Times ran an April 15 front page article exposing what a disaster the Public Employees Retirement System has become and I think what fools and/or…
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Instead of Major League Baseball, let’s sink a stadium-sized investment into schools: Guest opinion
By Tina-Marie Baskin As a parent of a Portland Public Schools student, volunteer and paid tutor in the district, I read with dismay Dan Lavey’s opinion piece, “Political leadership, fans…
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Letter: Casting light on PERS woes
Corvallis Gazette-Times Finally, finally, finally, someone got the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) issue right. Thank you for the editorial on April 18. There have been so many letter to…
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Starting the serious work to turn Oregon around: Guest opinion
By Ginny Lang, Duncan Wyse and Sandra McDonough By most measures, Oregon’s economy is on fire. Our job growth rate is one of the best in the nation, household incomes…
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Letter: PERS sucking communities dry
The Daily Astorian I consider myself pretty well-informed, but an article in The New York Times, “A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash,” was eye-opening.…
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Guest column: Vote for supporters of increased education spending
The Bend Bulletin – Kent Wieber We all know that PERS (Public Employees Retirement System) unfunded liabilities have led to school district cutbacks around the state and we face an…
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Oregon Business Plan Federal Advocacy Update
More than 40 business, elected, and community leaders from across the state made the annual Oregon Business Plan trip to Washington, D.C., March 14-16 to pursue the Business Plan’s federal…
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My View: TriMet shows pension reform possible
The Portland Tribune – John A Charles Jr. and Scott Shepard TriMet’s pension reform offers a valuable guide to the Oregon Legislature on how to contain and reverse the spiraling PERS…
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