City of San Diego Retired Employees Association April 9, 2019 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the March 2019 meeting were approved. Gregg Rademacher, substituting for Cynthia Queen, gave us some SDCERS updates. First, Cynthia could not be present because [...]
Here is a sequence of five short videos on the people behind the anti-pension movement. Anti-Pension Agenda - YouTube
"May you live in interesting times" - a curse or a toast to never being bored? The more involved I am in the world around me the more there is to amaze me. I find myself fascinated by the daily [...]
Retirees: This article by Lisa Halverstadt from the Voice of San Diego was published on March 26, 2019 on Court rulings on Prop B, and cleaning up after Prop B. "City Attorney Mara Elliott said by email on Monday that [...]
Retirees: This article by David Garrick from the SDUT was published on March 26, 2019 on Court rulings on Prop B, and cleaning up after Prop B. "City Attorney Mara Elliott said by email on Monday that she supports moving [...]
Retirees: More good news on the legal demise of Prop B. This all could have been avoided if the City had taken the advice of MEA and their attorney, Ann Smith. A costly oversight. This ruling, does not impact those [...]
Retirees: Now that the US Supreme Court has rejected the city's appeal of Prop B, the District Court of Appeals will be working on a solution to make whole those employees hired since 2012. Michael Smolens is a longtime city [...]
Retirees: I don't mean to inundate you with articles on Prop B litigation, but there are a number of moving parts and multiple appeals, This article, in my view, lays out the pieces and the appeals in a way that [...]
Retirees: Here are two articles on Prop B; the first covering the US Supreme Court's rejection of the appeal by the City of San Diego, and the second covering the earlier decision by the California Supreme Court and their finding [...]
Retirees: Here is the latest on the US Supreme Court's denial of an appeal by the City of San Diego of the California Supreme Court's decision which held that the initiative for Prop B was illegal. Now back to the [...]
Retirees: This article on the Prop B hearing at the Appeals court on March 11, 2019 is from the president's of three retiree organizations. Joe Flynn, Retiree Your Opinions | In Response: Pension promise must be kept Re: “State Supreme [...]
Retirees: The following article pertains to the Prop B hearing at the Appeals court on March 11, 2019. Joe Flynn, Retiree Court debates pension case resolution Appellate judges back compensation for S.D. workers after Prop. B By David Garrick [...]
Update written by Chris Brewster on Proposition B and Court Case: This is the Long Version The Shorter version was published in the Union Tribune and follows this version. As a local retiree, you might wonder, why do the Union-Tribune [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association March 12, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Vice-President for Programs Dave Twomey at 9:30am. Board [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association March 12, 2019 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the February 2019 meeting were approved. Dave Twomey informed members of Dr. Carl Luna’s annual Restoring Respect’s Conference on Restoring Civility to Civic Dialogue, [...]
Retirees: Here is a recent pension related ruling from the California Supreme Court. Ruling lets the air out of "air time" but leaves "California Rule" intact. Joe Flynn, Retiree California Supreme Court curbs a pension benefit but preserves ‘California [...]
Retirees: The City of San Diego is appealing the California State Supreme Court's decision on Prop B to the US Supreme Court. Joe Flynn, Retiree U.S. Supreme Court schedules March 18 decision in San Diego pension case David Garrick, [...]
Has it been rainy-wet enough for you here in San Diego? My garden and everyone's yards seem to be sprouting loads of weeds - luckily unwanted growth is easily pulled in between the rains saturating the soil. I enjoy garden [...]