Record of Testimony

June 30th 2012, longevity was stopped. At least for those working that long. I reached 25 years the end of August, 2012 and I feel those folks should have been grandfathered in. It certainly made a difference in my pension.

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The loss of the COLA has a a dramatic effect on our family. I retired in 2004 with the hope that cola’s would add to my income as the cost of living increases. I am hopefully optimistic that it will be reinstated soon. Thank you for all your hard work.

I retired 20 years ago based on the promise in our contract of a COLA which would keep my income up with inflation and the cost of living in the future. Because of the then treasurer's cancelling of our COLA'S in 2011 I no longer can say that I am able to keep up with either !!

The rule of 95 should be changed to 90 as well as any other changes that could be made to offset the pension reform of 2011.

My name is Glen Hebert I am a retired Woonsocket police Detective Sgt. Retiring in April 2005 after 21 years of service At the time of my retirement I was told by the Rhode Island Employee representative that I would get a 3% no compounded COLA. as outlined in my paperwork.

Hello- I began my career with the State of Rhode Island in 1987, what I signed up for back then is no longer in existence.

I was hired in 2000, was promised a certian pension after 10 yrs. That's when you get vested. You should have changed it for new hirires. I had a 20 year plan when I got hired, I'm on 4yrs overtime have to do another 5yrs to get the same money I would have got after 20 yrs.

Enclosed please find a list of Points to Consider to support the restoration of the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for the group previously referenced.

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for the opportunity to explain how the PENSION debacle of 2011 affected US! Two Cranston teachers who taught 32 and 33 years and were told when we retired what our pension and our COLA was going to be!