Record of Testimony

To my knowledge, no one has mentioned former Gov. Gina Raimondo steering our pension monies to an PEF (Private Equity Fund) in which, I believe, she had a vested interest.

I will not be able to attend the meeting to express my personal concerns to the Pension Advisory Working Group as I’m home sick with COVID.  I have already called and expressed my sentiments many years ago and it continues to bother me to this day.

To Whom It May Concern,

Correct me if I am wrong but any surplus in the state of Rhode Island budget was suppose to fully fund the pension plan. If that's correct why has this not fully funded the pension plan? How many years of surplus budgets have been sent to the pension plan?

I accepted my first position in a RI public school in 1999 and made the decision to pursue a career in public education rather than the private sector (I am a psychologist), based in part on the benefits promised to me.

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!