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Boston Teachers May Enter State System |
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JULY 2001 - House Budget Seeks Change For New Hires - In
November, we reported on a bill that would have transferred Boston
teachers into the Commonwealth’s Teachers’ Retirement System. The late
filed bill, sponsored by the House Republican Leader Francis Marini,
died when the last session ended.As
we predicted, the issue re-emerged during the current session, when an
amendment was added to the House version of the FY’02 state budget.
Instead of being championed by the GOP, this time the issue is being
promoted by a member of the Democratic leadership team, Representative
Paul Casey (D-Winchester).
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Credit For Military Service Considered |
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JULY 2001 - Association Fights For Inclusion Of Retirees - At
a Public Service Committee hearing on May 22, speaking on behalf of
legislation (S1321) filed by Senator Edward Clancy Jr. (D-Lynn),
Association lobbyists asked that retirees be included in the 1996 law
(Ch. 17) which allowed actively employed veterans to purchase up to
four years service credit.Chapter
17 granted veterans, as defined under Chapter 32, the ability to
purchase up to four years of their military time to use towards their
Massachusetts pension. Veterans, as defined under the retirement law,
must have served in active duty during certain dates of war and
conflict.
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Swift Names Forman Chief Of Staff |
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JULY 2001 - Represented Governor On GIC & PERAC - Governor
Jane Swift has named Peter Forman as her chief of staff, as she begins
her tenure in the corner office. Forman, a Plymouth native, served for
14 years as a state representative, including four as House minority
leader. In 1995, he was appointed by former Governor Bill Weld as
Sheriff of Plymouth County.After
twice being elected sheriff by wide margins, he stepped down from the
office in late 1999, at the request of former Governor Paul Cellucci,
to serve as the Governor’s Undersecretary for Administration and
Finance. It was in this capacity that Forman worked closely with the
Association on a number of issues.
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Stefanini Becomes Top Finneran Aide |
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JULY 2001
- Popular Framingham Rep Friend of Retirees - Veteran Framingham Representative John Stefanini has resigned his
House seat to become the top aide to House Speaker Thomas Finneran.
Stefanini, who was serving his fifth term in the House, is now chief
counsel and advisor to the powerful Speaker.First
elected to the House from his native Framingham in 1990, Stefanini
served as a member of the committees on Ways and Means, Post Audit and
Oversight, and Local Affairs. He previously served as vice chairman of
the Health Care Committee.
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Legislative Package Pending |
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JULY 2001
- Public Service Committee Weighs Options - With over 1,000 separate pieces of legislation to examine, the Joint
Committee on Public Service continues to hold weekly hearings while
committee members and staff weigh the various issues before them.
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