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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By John J. Mathews / The Bulletin
June 6, 2011
John Costa’s May 22 column describing Oregon’s PERS dilemma — being confronted by pension and retiree health care obligations that can’t reasonably be met — characterizes the situation as being caught in alligator jaws.
But in this drama the truly sinister animal hasn’t been an alligator. It’s....