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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
October 2, 2009
Reform of Oregon's public employees retirement system, or PERS, was the signature accomplishment of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's first term. He told audiences in 2003 that he didn't let the Legislature go home until PERS was fixed.
Patched over it was. Fixed it was not.
The $48 billion pension fund for....