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 [...]
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, [...]
Retirees: This article may be news to the UT but not to Retirees who attended the January REA meeting heard Michael Zucchet, MEA General Manager describe this situation first hand. And they had the opportunity to ask follow up questions. [...]
Retirees: This is one of those situations where we gain no satisfaction from saying, "We told you so," because the results are even more deleterious than we suspected. In looking at the photo of Prop B supporters, optimists all, I [...]
Retirees: City of San Diego employees have been most fortunate to have been represented by MEA and their outstanding attorney, Ann Smith. With difficulty, I condensed a list of descriptive superlatives to just one, "outstanding." Over the years Ann Smith [...]
Retirees: In case you missed it, here is a letter to the editor from one of our retirees, Chris Brewster. Joe Flynn, Retiree August 3, 2018 U-T Letter writers Re “Supreme Court rules San Diego skipped key legal step in [...]
Retirees: This is news that a few years back would have had the paper sellers downtown yelling, Extra, Extra, Read all about it,............. This news will have the elected officials and budget analysts in City Hall burning the mid-night oil. [...]
Retirees: Current San Diego elected officials and management are, I am sure, spending some sleepless nights. A few of the current elected officials were active participants in Prop B and a few city staff who were involved are still on [...]
There are two news items that may be of interest to retirees. The first is a letter to the editor, "Lowering assumption on return makes sense" by Mark Hovey, CEO of SDCERS and Valentine Hoy, President of SDCERS Board published [...]
Retirees: The music has stopped but the malady lingers on. We will wait to see how the State Supreme Court views Prop B. And as always our thanks to Ann Smith, Attorney for MEA. Estimates of how much it would [...]