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09-02-2008, 04:38 PM
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The latest on the BOS suing the County Retirement System
CalPERS wants voice in OC pension fight - Sacramento Business Journal:
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 2:06 PM PDT CalPERS wants voice in OC pension fight Sacramento Business Journal - by Mark Anderson Staff writer A heavy hitter is looking to get involved in a lawsuit over pension benefits for Orange County sheriff’s deputies — the California Public Employees' Retirement System. Sacramento-based CalPERS on Tuesday retained the California Attorney General's office to help it get a voice in the pending lawsuit. The giant pension fund wants permission to file a friend-of-the-court brief in the case brought by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to invalidate some pension benefits for the deputies. The supervisors sued the county's retirement system this year to invalidate a 2001 collective bargaining agreement with the deputies' union. The agreement provided the officers with a retirement formula for collecting retirement benefits similar to those that apply to other law enforcement and safety officers in the state. CalPERS wants to argue that the deputies had an agreement and that agreement should be honored. The suit is pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The court will decide if CalPERS' brief is accepted. CalPERS is the largest public pension fund in the country, with more than $230 billion in assets. It administers retirement and health benefits for more than 1.5 million state workers and local government employees, but does not administer retirement benefits for the Orange County deputies. manderson@bizjournals.com | 916-558-7874
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09-16-2008, 06:37 PM
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AOCDS Blasts Price Tag Of County Suit Against Pension RetroSpiking - OC BLOG, Part of the Red County Network
AOCDS Blasts Price Tag Of County Suit Against Pension RetroSpiking Posted by: Jubal | 09/16/2008 1:40 PM This just came over the transom from the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs: COUNTY OF ORANGE LEGAL BILLS HIT $1 MILLION MARK IN SUP. MOORLACH'S EFFORT TO CUT DEPUTY SHERIFF PENSIONS County Records Show Legal Bills Now Total $1,002,678.75 Through June 2008 SANTA ANA - County of Orange legal bills for Orange County Board of Supervisor John Moorlach's effort to significantly cut deputy sheriff pensions in Orange County now total over $1 million, county records show. The bulk of the $1,002,678.75 in legal bills the county has run up through June of this year has gone to Kirkland & Ellis, a law firm the County Board of Supervisors chose to hire at the urging of Moorlach after three previously hired firms each told the board the county could not win a litigation effort to slash deputy sheriff pensions. The three different outside law firms were paid a collective total of $282,872.44 for their advice. "The county has spent over $1 million in taxpayer dollars on lawyers for a frivolous lawsuit three other outside law firms told them they could not win," said Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff President Wayne Quint. "... and that is only after five months of litigation. The case has just begun." "Washington, D.C. lawyers do not come cheap," continued Quint. "Plane flights, hotel rooms, and rental cars add up quickly. It is very telling that this is the only firm the county could find to agree to take their case. To quote John Moorlach in a speech he made in 2000 to the Orange County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, 'County agencies should become more accountable to taxpayers for the lawsuits they file. ...every time you hire an attorney, the only person who wins is the attorney.' Well - the attorneys are making out like bandits in this case." The County of Orange filed their lawsuit against the Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) on February 1 of this year in an attempt to invalidate a pension increase the County Board of Supervisors had voted to grant county deputy sheriffs in 2001. The County recently lost their effort to have the case tried in Orange County courts and this week the California Attorney General and California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that they would file an amicus brief in support of the Deputy Sheriff's efforts. COUNTY OF ORANGE LEGAL BILLS FOR PENSION LITIGATION (through June 2008)* Law Firm Amount Paid Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP $ 99,598.40 (Jan. 1, 2006 to Dec. 1, 2007) Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen $125,561.04 (Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 1, 2007) Snell & Wilmer LLP $ 57,713.00 (June 30, 2007 to Dec. 1, 2007) Kirkland & Ellis LLP $719,806.31 (June 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL LITIGATION COSTS BY COUNTY $1,002,678.75
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09-16-2008, 08:01 PM
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Wow, nice job "saving money" Moorlach! At that rate, the county can go bankrupt again! I sure am feeling good right now about being a law-abiding hard-working taxpayer of Orange county...my CCW renewal is in a holding pattern, putting my life at risk, our taxes are funding a useless lawsuit to cut pensions for LEO, and the BOS is whistling dixie, pretending they have nothing to do with these events...
  
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09-19-2008, 11:12 PM
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At the SHEriff advisory council luncheon this last Wednesday, The SHEriff said she agrees with the BOS action on this issue.
She just sold out the OC Deputy Sheriff Association. I don't think she will get their endorsement in 2010.
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09-20-2008, 04:19 AM
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That's the District Attorney, the OC Deputy Sheriff Association, the generous volunteer services of many previously good willed OC citizens... Not lookin' good for the SHE's dance card or lunch table there! 
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"Always Shoot Back First" - El Gato, post #76757 Don't shoot the Lion - he's one of us! "The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." Supreme Court of the United States: District of Columbia et al. v. Heller (page 19)
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09-20-2008, 08:28 AM
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Wondering
What a way to win elections. P*** everyone off, make political enemies of law-abiding citizens, get your employees to hate you....WTF!!! What does this individual have as a game plan??
YD
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09-20-2008, 12:01 PM
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Rico I want you to go out there, and win one for THE Gimper. 
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