John Curry: Merry Christmas, retirees, from YOUR retirement system; but where's the donkey?

Dec. 8, 2005

Thanks to Kathie Bracy, we have these Christmas pix from the STRS Palace taken today. The non investment employees will get their Christmas present in the form of a bonus for simply doing their jobs. Jim Petro's office will get its Christmas in the form of a quarter of a million dollars (actually $263,000) of our money for ineffectively fighting against the law suit that awarded these bonuses. Could those be lumps of coal under the trees for the spouses of STRS retirees who were trashed by the former STRS board due to their lack of grandfathering? I see only two wise men (in the bottom pix). Those are Leone and Lazares. There must be a shortage of wise men as at least one is missing. Wonder where the donkey is? I'm sure there's no shortage of them in this building- they must be at the public feed trough.

-- John, a Proud CORE member