PERA Board: Ego trumps reality

by Amy Oliver | 3:43 pm, December 2, 2011

Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a rare voice of reason on Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) Board of Trustees, told News Talk 1310 KFKA talk show host Amy Oliver in a recent interview that when the Board voted to maintain an unrealistic 8 percent rate of return one Board member provided the following reason, ”We [...]

PERA doesn’t trust CO Treasurer, voters

by Amy Oliver | 2:32 pm, September 21, 2011

Colorado’s Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) told statutory board member State Treasurer Walker Stapleton that it would not release information such as annual benefits, age of retirement, former job and zip code of the top 20 percent of pension recipients to him. In an interview with Amy Oliver on News Talk 1310 KFKA, Stapleton said [...]

School bullies use your money to sue YOU!

by Amy Oliver | 10:00 pm, April 25, 2010

Cash-strapped Colorado school districts have ponied up nearly $245,000 in taxpayer dollars to fund a class action lawsuit to sue taxpayers for more money for K-12 education according to a recent Face the State article.
The Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) and the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) are championing the suit, Lobato v. [...]

Talk show hosts sponsor Bye Bye Betsy contest

by Amy Oliver | 6:35 am, April 19, 2010

Several talk show hosts from my radio station News Talk 1310 KFKA in Greeley are sponsoring a fun contest to say goodbye to 4th Congressional District Representative Betsy Markey.  I’m not going to rehash all the reasons why I think Markey has failed her constituents.  Read previous posts about her for that.
This is your opportunity to have [...]

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