OLSON: Put end to EPISD’s stunt on access to records
By Curt Olson l Texas Budget Source
AUSTIN — Taxpayers and open government advocates should trust the recent challenge to an open records request involving El Paso Independent School District receives the harsh rebuke it deserves.
KEEGAN: Public pension ‘best practices’ omit 1 thing: How do we pay benefits?
By Frank Keegan | State Budget Solutions
Municipal and state pensions are at least $4 trillion in the hole as the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems meets next week. Funds ended 2011 with the first year-over-year decline since 2009 after failing to make up for Great Recession losses. And three studies released last month confirm [...]
Millions spent to get kids to walk, bike to school
Not so long ago, kids walked and biked to their neighborhood school as a matter of course.
Read More →KEEGAN: Municipal, state workers should take their pension money and run, fast
Public employees should take their pension money now and run to avoid the risk of getting reduced benefits — or nothing — in the future. It’s the best deal for them and for taxpayers.
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