This just in from our friends at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association:
On the eve of a crucial vote, a Union-backed proposal to increase Pensions at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has now been withdrawn.
The proposal, which would have hiked Pensions for workers to receive 75% of their annual salaries upon retirement, was to be voted on tomorrow at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the MWD. It appears tonight — after much pressure from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the John and Ken Show on KFI, and others — that the taxpayers have succeeded in knocking some common sense into the Board Members who were leaning toward a pension increase in the midst of a recession.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association vows to continue to fight against egregious Pension increase proposals — and there are plenty around the state of California right now— whenever they are brought to a vote.