Month: <span>October 2010</span>

Raiding teacher pensions for toll roads?

Teachers and retirees, Gov. Perry may have a deal for you digging into your hardearned pensions to help build more roll roads for Texas. In his Burkablog, linked below, Texas Monthly’s Paul Burka reminds us that Perry has entertained that idea in the past. The Teacher Retirement System board rejected it then, but as Burka […]

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Pawing at teachers’ pensions

To no one’s surprise, Gov. Rick Perry was quick to dismiss challenger Bill White’s allegations that Perry’s administration has been abusing the Teacher Retirement System fund to benefit some of the governor’s major political donors – against the advice of investment experts and at the potential risk to teacher pensions. No, Rick Perry is not […]

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Perry playing with TRS?

Follow this link to a story about the latest allegations about the Perry administration giving state business to political contributors. This one involves handling of the Teacher Retirement System fund, a nest egg for many teachers and retired teachers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101904245.html

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You do have a real choice

My “Top 10 reasons to vote against Rick Perry,” posted yesterday, prompted a response from an educator and former Houston resident, who questioned why voting for Democratic nominee Bill White for governor would be any better. “That leaves us, as educators, between a rock and a hard place. Do we vote for Tweedle Dee or […]

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