Turner Should End the Divisive Fire Fighter Pay Dispute: Go to Arbitration!
I don’t think there is a citizen in Houston who is not fed up with hearing about the City’s ongoing,...
Pensions
Just in Case You Thought the City Had Solved its Pension Problems
We now have audits for the City and its three pension plans for the first full year of operation...
Town Hall Misinformation
There is so much misinformation being disseminated at the current round of “town hall” meetings it is hard to...
How Much Did the City Cut Pension Benefits
Recently on What’s Your Point and in my blog, I have cited estimates of how much the City cut pensions...
Houston Pension Bill – As Passed
As you have probably seen in media accounts, the Legislature has passed a bill making very substantial changes...
Houston Gets Vote on Pension Bonds
As you may have heard, the Texas Senate passed a bill yesterday which makes sweeping changes to the City of...
150 Financial Professionals & Executives Ask Legislature to Include Defined Contribution Plans for New City Employees
In the last few days we have heard more of the same old tired, debunked rhetoric from the Turner administration...
Employees Likely to Face Massive Pension Contribution Increases under Turner Plan
The centerpiece of Turner's pension proposal is its "corridor" mechanism which supposedly caps the amount the City will ever...
Why Not Put New City Employees into Defined Contribution Pension Plans?
According to a recent CNN survey, 96% of private sector employees have a defined contribution pension plan. The private...
Houston Business Community Needs to Take Principled Stand on City’s Pension
I find it incredible that some elements of the Houston business community are still considering endorsing the pension "reform" plan...
Happy New Year from the City of Houston: We’re Insolvent!
It has become standard bill of fare for the City of Houston to hold the release of its annual audit...
City’s New Pension Plan: The Good, the Bad and the Incredible
Turner’s Pension “Plan”: The Good, the Bad and the Incredible Sylvester Turner announced his pension “plan” last week. I put...
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