Kris Hunt, Executive Director of the Contra Costa County Taxpayers Association, did a great job on Channel 5 in San Francisco this evening in a news report on our public employee pension and health care costs. The segment was titled “State Worker Obligations Dwarf California Deficit” and it can now be viewed online . The report also aired on the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles (Channel 9), so it got statewide exposure. Kris is a member of CFFR’s Advisory Board.

Today, CFFR has posted “The CalSTRS $100,000 Pension Club’ on its website in PDF format. Says CFFR’s vice president Marcia Fritz, “This list indicates that teachers who work full careers and serve in challenging positions are indeed fairly compensated.
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Marcia Fritz was a guest this morning on Doug McIntyre’s show on KABC Radio in Los Angeles. To listen to the archived show, go to Doug McIntyre’s page on the KABC website, and in the box headlined “McIntyre in the Morning On Demand” scroll down to item #48 and click on it. OR you can just click on this link and listen to (or download) the MP3 podcast version.