Trina Kay Prufer: A retirement system must be based on truth and honesty, at least out in public. He has gotten himself so entangled, that there is no way out.

From Trina Kay Prufer

October 13, 2023

Why he must go…

Neville tells audacious lies because he is trapped in his previous lies. It probably all started when STRS staff were told retirees are malcontents and complainers because they were never guaranteed a cola and it’s their own fault if they don‘t have enough to live on. Its one thing to tell your staff the lie, quite another when staff conveys this to membership.

The problem, of course, is that retirees have solid STRS documentation that says otherwise…. the truth is a stubborn thing.

So now, Neville contends that the documents don’t mean what they clearly say they mean. Neville is out on a limb… because the original lie has morphed into the ridiculous STRS position that the retirement system was somehow remiss in not having conveyed that the cola was ad hoc and not automatic ( guaranteed), and an integral component of the defined-benefit. But again, the documents and definitions of the words he uses (its easy to disprove that ”actual benefits” does not mean a ”base allowance”) tell a different story... Neville twists himself into a linguistic pretzel trying to be consistent with his original account.

Why does he have to go? Neville is the public face of STRS. He is telling untruths that are so easy to disprove that even his status quo cheerleading board members must be getting worried. Also, by now the lie is pointless. Why not just say out-loud that STRS negated the contract it had with retirees?

A retirement system must be based on truth and honesty, at least out in public. He has gotten himself so entangled, that there is no way out.