City Must Respect Pension Contract

By Dan Tobben: I recently had the pleasure to address the Springfield Pension Task Force and I perceived most of the men and women who serve on this citizen’s committee to be genuinely interested in finding a solution to funding the police and firefighter’s pension problem. They are citizens who want to resolve the $200 million shortfall and to maintain that funding for the future. As part of my presentation, I told them that there are no easy solutions. Springfield’s long-term failure to properly fund was the predominant factor in creating this shortfall. Some difficult decisions and actions are necessary to solve this problem.

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Published: June 16, 2009


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