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When unions fail
children
by Charles D. Chieppo
The Boston Herald
Jan. 24, 2005 |
HEALTH-CARE
CRISIS
The Great State Health-Care Giveaway
Taxpayers get the bill, and it’s easily hundreds of billions of dollars
By Janice Revell
Fortune Magazine
Apr. 19, 2005 |
Governors target
employee benefits
Cite fairness, cost in seeking change
The Boston Globe
May 16, 2005 |
The
Pioneer Institute
White PapersPublic Pensions [PDF file]
Unfair to State Employees, Unfair to Taxpayers (Part 1)
May, 2006
Leaving Money on the Table [PDF file]
The 106 Pension Funds of Massachusetts (Part 2)
May, 2006
The Elephant in the Room [PDF file]
Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits & GASB 45 (Part 3)
July, 2006 |
"Pension
Tidal Wave" (a 3-part exposé)
The Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company
Aug 1-3, 2007 |
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Other Reports, Commentary, and Warnings over the
years |
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Teachers
union greed again rejected
CLT UPDATE
Apr. 22, 2008 |
A Senate
cop-out on police details?
CLT UPDATE
Apr. 7, 2008 |
"More Is
Never Enough" but revolution is in the air
CLT UPDATE
Feb. 7, 2008 |
Fate of the Unions
By Joe Keohane
Boston Magazine, December 2007 |
"Municipal Meltdown" getting closer
CLT UPDATE
Dec. 10, 2007 |
Municipalities not biting on state's health insurance savings offer
State House News Service
Nov. 14, 2007 |
Taxpayers shoveling
against the tide
CLT UPDATE
Oct. 4, 2007 |
Public employee unions'
greed killing local services
CLT UPDATE
Sep. 24, 2007 |
"Pension Tidal Wave" -
The "ticking time bomb" again acknowledged
CLT UPDATE
Aug. 3, 2007 |
The haves
and the have-nots: Public employees vs. taxpayers
CLT UPDATE
Jun. 29, 2007 |
Finally
bringing public employee unions to heel?
CLT UPDATE
Jun. 5, 2007 |
Real tax relief requires show of legislative courage
A Salem News editorial
May 29, 2007 |
Employee costs are breaking municipal budgets
An Eagle-Tribune editorial
May 13, 2007 |
Override mania: You pay more so city, town employees can get more
By Barbara Anderson
The Salem News
May 10, 2007 |
Firing could boost a state pension
The Boston Globe
Apr. 26, 2007 |
A raging
elephant in the living room
CLT UPDATE
Apr. 4, 2007 |
"A
government position is not a license to steal"
CLT UPDATE
Oct. 7, 2006 |
Taxpayers
are sick from public servants' abuses
CLT UPDATE
Sep. 29, 2006 |
Pension abuse costing us taxpayers plenty
by Barbara Anderson
The Salem News
Jun. 16, 2006 |
The
ticking time bomb -- Part II
CLT UPDATE
Jun, 12, 2006 |
Busting local budgets
A Boston Herald editorial
Oct. 5, 2005 |
Report blasts city union pay raises
The Boston Globe
Oct. 5, 2005 |
The problem
has again been defined. Now what's the solution?
CLT UPDATE
Sep. 8, 2005 |
Governors target employee benefits
Cite fairness, cost in seeking change
The Boston Globe
May 16, 2005 |
Taxpayers' employees, a class of their own
CLT UPDATE
Mar. 8, 2005 |
"Hit a
pothole, thank a teacher"
CLT UPDATE
May 1, 2005 |
The
secret ticking time bomb:
"public service" pensions, health insurance giveaways
CLT UPDATE
Apr. 24, 2005 |
Taxpayers'
employees, a class of their own
CLT UPDATE
Mar. 8, 2005 |
Property
taxes skyrocket
while Public Employees swim in salaries
CLT UPDATE
Jan. 25, 2005 |
7th
highest state pension debt;
with MTF's help aiming for #1?
CLT UPDATE
Sep. 19, 2003 |
Budgets
sag under sick-time buybacks
A Boston Globe investigative series
The Boston Globe
Apr. 23 - May 8, 2004 |
When teacher's out
By David Joyner and Shawn Boburg
A major exposé by The Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company
Jun. 16 - 19, 2003 |
"The
platinum parachute"
CLT UPDATE
May 30, 2002 |
Beacon
Hill exceeds our cynicism, yet again, with more pension abuses
CLT UPDATE
Oct. 21, 2002 |
Crooked ex-cops get city pensions
The Boston Herald
Oct. 22, 2002 |
All
Aboard the "Pension Express"!
CLT UPDATE
Jun. 14, 2000 |
Towns rolling in cash
The Eagle-Tribune
Feb. 16, 1999 |