Re the Feb. 3 editorial, Past time for pension reform: The case can be made for the transition to 401(k)’s for future state employees, but changing the game for people already in the system is patently unfair.
What’s even more unfair is that the 3 percent contribution isn’t going into the FRS, but into the general fund.
It’s a tax on employees. Nothing more.
Marcelo Yanes, Cutler Bay
Mayor Carlos Gimenez recently revealed that Miami-Dade County faces a $50 million-plus budget shortfall, alerting commissioners and employee unions that the county will seek continuation of sizable benefit concessions. According to a memo sent by Gimenez, these cuts are necessary if the county wants to maintain current public services. In other words, if you want clean water from your faucet or your garbage picked up, then your middle-class county employee will have to make a significant financial sacrifice. This reported shortfall also includes $15 million in the county’s fire-rescue budget, so please try not to play with matches.
Re the May 19 story Notoriety follows Rivera pal in Nicaragua: While most of us would find former U.S. Rep. David Rivera and Ana Alliegro, and their antics, despicable, I don’t think that nasty story about Alliegro and her goings-on in a small town in Nicaragua was worthy of the front page.
The May 19 letter Let me out of GOP offers a simplistic explanation of the Benghazi attack. But many quetions remain unanswered:
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