Articles about Politics that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees.
JAN 2007 - Appointees Oppose Benefit Increase - In what can only be viewed as a backhanded dismissal of retirees, Governor Mitt Romney has allowed his hand-picked appointees to the state’s Group Insurance Commission, to vote down a plan that would have increased the basic life insurance for state retirees.
JAN 2007 - Bills Receive BiPartisan Support - Change will take place on Beacon Hill come January 4, when Deval Patrick is sworn in as the Commonwealth’s new governor. Along with a new chief executive comes a new administration, with a different focus than the outgoing Republican administration.
Jan 2007 - During the recent election,
candidates spoke out against higher property taxes forcing retirees out of
their homes. That criticism begs the question: what is being done right now to
provide tax relief.
JAN 2007 - Report Rebuffs Pioneer Attack - The top priority at the fall
conference of the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRS)
was the same as that of the spring conference: Put a halt to the negative
attacks on our state’s 106 retirement systems.
JAN 2007 - Retired East Boston District
Court Judge Domenic L. Russo has been voted to a five-year term as the chairman
of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC), the
Commonwealth’s top pension agency. The unanimous vote came at a November 1
meeting of the Commission.
NOV 2006 - Former Representative Close Association Ally - As we reported in the September edition of the Voice, longtime
Plymouth County Treasurer John McLellan retired in early August after
thirty-three years of public service. What was not known, at that time, was who
would be appointed to fill the two years remaining in McLellan’s unexpired
term.
SEPTEMBER 2006 - A proposal by Lt.
Governor Kerry Healey that would replace our state’s
longstanding defined benefit (DB) public employee
retirement plan with a defined contribution (DC)
plan is not the example of sound public or fiscal
policy that Healey pretends to portray.
SEPTEMBER 2006 - For a man who has been on the Stoneham
Retirement Board for less than a year, Ron Castignetti
has caused quite a stir.
SEPTEMBER 2006 - Lt. Governor’s
Criticism Stirs Members
Lt. Govern Healey’s attack
on our public retirement law was the big buzz at
the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement
Systems (MACRS) annual conference this June,chaired
by MACRS President Tom Welch.
SEPTEMBER 2006 - McLellan Close Association Ally - When John McLellan began his career in public service,
he never envisioned that some thirty-three years
later he would retire as one of the longest serving
elected officials in the state.
Since 1968 the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association has been the leading voice for Massachusetts public retirees and their families. Join with our 62,000 members as we continue the fight.
