The Orange County Board of Supervisors will vote on a proposal at their board meeting on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 to cut the pension checks of AOCDS retirees.

The staff report, released by the county Wednesday, recommends that the Supervisors direct their law firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, (their fourth firm hired with taxpayer’s money to study this issue) to seek an injunction against OCERS to immediately rescind pension benefits for retirees who have service credit prior to June 28, 2008.

According to published reports, the Board of Supervisors has obtained and paid for four opinions regarding this half-baked pension issue. At least three of these opinions reportedly have advised the Board of Supervisors that this proposal lacks any legal justification and has little to no chance for success. However, the Board has apparently taken the position that it is better to pay for opinions, (over $500,000 worth) until you get the one you want. After all, its only taxpayer money.

When discussing this latest development, AOCDS pension litigation lead counsel James Bennett said, “The Board of Supervisors would be much better off buying lottery tickets than spending another penny of the taxpayer’s hard earned dollars on this matter.”

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
All available active and retired AOCDS members must attend the Board of Supervisors meeting. We want the Board of Supervisors to look us in the eye when they ignore the advice of their own law firms, and the advice of the California Attorney General, and vote to tell us we didn’t legally earn our pensions.

MEETING DETAILS:

Where: OC Hall of Administration
When: Tuesday, January 29, 2007
Rally Point: North Entrance @ 0900 hrs.

Note: You cannot attend this meeting on county time or in uniform.

AOCDS Board of Directors