CFFR’s vice president Marcia Fritz will attend today’s meeting of the Metropolitan Water District board to address a proposed 25% pension increase for employees, even though a vote on the boost has been postponed until October. Fritz authored a letter to the board last week which urged members to vote against the increase. 

The pension item was pulled from today’s agenda after a public outcry was generated by extensive media coverage which began after the plan was first exposed by Orange County Register columnist Teri Sforza on August 31. To read the latest news and commentary on the issue, see today’s headlines on PensionTsunami.com. You can also watch today’s board meeting online; it begins at noon and the agenda and instructions on how to watch it are available here on the MWD website.