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TOP PATRICK AIDE WELL KNOWN TO RETIREES
2007 JULY - Rubin Had Been Deputy Treasurer - Shortly after going to press with the May edition of the Voice, Governor Deval Patrick shuffled the deck in his inner circle by replacing Joan Wallace-Benjamin with Doug Rubin as his chief of staff. Rubin, who had been the new governor’s top political advisor during the 2006 campaign, previously served as the state’s first deputy treasurer from 2003-2006. As the first assistant to Treasurer Tim Cahill, Rubin worked closely with the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board and the State Retirement Board.
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Selectmen Again Seek To Abolish Stoneham Board
2007 MAY - Failed At Last Year’s Town Meeting - Stoneham’s Selectmen are a tenacious bunch. It seems they intend to clutter Town Meeting with the same warrant article that was soundly defeated last year.
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AUTONOMY OF LOCAL RETIREMENT
2007 MAY - Legislation Would Force Investment In State Fund - Municipal retirement boards were both shocked and dismayed when Governor Deval Patrick filed legislation this February that would require many of our local boards to turn their pension funds over to the CommonwealthUs PRIT Fund for investment.
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NEW SENATE LEADERSHIP
2007 MAY - Murray Assumes Presidency - An unusual early session change of power has occurred in the state Senate, resulting in the election of the first female legislative chief in the history of Massachusetts.
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Former Speaker Remembered For His Pension Legislation Leadership
2007 MAR - Although former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Thomas Finneran, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice this January and was pilloried by the news media as expected, it is only fair that our members be reminded of Finneran’s work on behalf of public sector retirees and survivors.
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