GOALS

If elected to the Pension Board you should have an idea of what I'll be working towards. On my campaign poster I do two things.

Pledge to you that I’ll:
1. Protect the fund from excessive fees.
2. Serve you by supporting our rights in front of the Board and making sure you don’t have to wait for years to get a decision on your case.
3. Educate members to the workings of the Board and how to make your best individual retirement decision.
4. Advocate on our behalf to the City and in Springfield

In that role as your Advocate:
1. 80%
2. 3% COLA compoundment
3. Retiree Health Care coverage
4. Pension portability
5. 100% surviving spouse benefit

It’s dangerous for a candidate to spell out what his goals are because it can come back to haunt him later. Check out my opponents’ material and look to see what their goals are. Whose goals most closely match yours?

Now something that will probably lose me more votes then gains votes, but in the interest of letting you, the voter know where I stand on issues, I will state that in place of spouse I am willing to open that up to whom every you wish to have as a beneficiary ex. your committed gay partner or a parent of a single officer who is the financial supporter of that parent. If you are in a loving relationship with another and have combined your resources to live together, then the Fund should recognize that relationship.