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Hevesi's Acquittal

Submitted by scifiknitter, Nov 14, 2006 08:30

I am a member of the NYS Employee Retirement System. Mr. Callaghan was on record with a proposal to begin changing the NYSERS from a defined benefit system to a defined contribution system, with affected members assuming all of the market risk associated with this change. As repulsed as I was by Mr. Hevesi's actions, it was not in my best interest to vote for Mr. Callaghan. I believe that many members of the NYSERS and the Teacher's Retirement System made the same calculation. I, too, hope that Mr. Hevesi does the right thing and resigns. I believe that Mr. Spitzer and our legislature will find another person to be Comptroller who will be highly qualified, and who will uphold the State Retirement Systems.

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I am a member of the NYS Employee Retirement System. Mr. Callaghan was on record with a proposal to begin...	scifiknitter	Nov 14, 2006 08:30
The New York voters did not vote to acquit Hevesi. What occurred was that with all of the press coverage... [MORE]	Elia	Nov 13, 2006 09:26
Your editorial overlooks the fact that many voters backed Hevesi for comptroller despite the scandal precisely because of the expectation... [MORE]	Hilary Kitasei	Nov 13, 2006 04:44
What it seems the voters chose was hate over pragmatism. Blind hate for Republicans is what put Hevesi back into... [MORE]	GroovyLady	Nov 12, 2006 18:01
I thought long and hard about voting for Hevesi, a man caught spending our money for his personal use. His... [MORE]	Robert Ballan	Nov 12, 2006 03:04
Bravo - Bravo ! I couldn't agree more. In fact in Kelly's report to the Governor he referenced precedent for... [MORE]	Tom G	Nov 10, 2006 17:01
As long as they are re-elected. So why bother having laws? Let's not prosecute anyone through the legal system; let's... [MORE]	Barbara	Nov 12, 2006 10:38
More power to him. Best regards, Charles karoly5@hotmail.com [MORE]	Charles A Boeing	Nov 10, 2006 15:55
It is seemingly odd that the people overwhelmingly selected Mr. Hevisi to return as Comptroller. However, elections is generally a... [MORE]	stanley scher	Nov 10, 2006 07:41

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