Friday, December 14, 2007
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PJC HIRES NATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM TO ASSIST IN PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
The PJC Board of Trustees has hired Dr. Jeff Hockaday to assist the Presidential Screening Committee and the Board of Trustees in their search for the next president of PJC.
Dr. Hockaday will help the Committee by recruiting at least eight candidates who meet the requirements and qualifications established by the College’s Board of Trustees for the position of President. Dr. Hockaday will meet with the Screening Committee approximately three times as the process continues and will also meet with the Board of Trustees as needed.
The Screening Committee is scheduled to hold its first meeting with Dr. Hockaday on Thursday, January 10, 2008.
Dr. Hockaday will help the Committee by recruiting at least eight candidates who meet the requirements and qualifications established by the College’s Board of Trustees for the position of President. Dr. Hockaday will meet with the Screening Committee approximately three times as the process continues and will also meet with the Board of Trustees as needed.
The Screening Committee is scheduled to hold its first meeting with Dr. Hockaday on Thursday, January 10, 2008.
Monday, December 3, 2007
URGENT: YOUR RETIREMENT DOLLARS
From Tom Auxter, UFF President
Colleagues:
In the past few days we have learned that the state Local Investment Fund that school districts and local governments use like a money-market account (to invest their money until they are ready to spend money on salaries and expenses) has been frozen. The problem was that the fund had bought worthless sub-prime paper associated with the failing real estate loan market. This led to a run on the fund when localities learned of the news. They rapidly withdrew money from the fund ($7-$8 billion in a matter of days)-- until the state placed a freeze on withdrawals. For some of the smaller school boards and localities the freeze means they cannot meet payroll this week.
It gets worse. The political appointees who manage state funds want to use the state pension fund (your retirement money) to secure the bad debt in the Local Investment Fund.
In other words, the state pension fund (Florida Retirement System) is targeted as a means to secure up to two billion dollars worth of bad debt.
Although the retirement fund has nothing to do with the irresponsible decisions undermining the Local Investment Fund, it is now slated as a means to bankroll a rescue of the Local Investment Fund and save the politicians who got us into this. Faculty retirement benefits are jeopardized by this scam.
The three member board that runs the fund will meet on Tuesday, December 4th, to plan the next steps. So far only Alex Sink, the state comptroller, is publicly criticizing the raid on the retirement funds of faculty and other state employees. She deserves your support and encouragement in her courageous fight against this unparalleled proposal Sink's email address is cfo@fldfs.com.
The other two members, Governor Charlie Crist (email charlie.crist@myflorida.com) and Attorney General Bill McCollum (ag.mccollum@myfloridalegal.com), are still not saying how they will vote on your future.
I (Tom Auxter) have asked the Florida Education Association to use all political and legal services resources available to support Alex Sink, to expose this scam, to mobilize educators, and to hold the state government accountable for the future of faculty and other state employees who for a lifetime invested their earnings and savings in this retirement fund -- with the expectation that Florida would honor its commitment to their retirement, without subtraction for unrelated and unethical purposes.
We will keep you posted as we learn more.
Note: For more information on this:
http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/11/30/florida-bush-lehman-biz-beltway-cx_mb_1130florida.html
Colleagues:
In the past few days we have learned that the state Local Investment Fund that school districts and local governments use like a money-market account (to invest their money until they are ready to spend money on salaries and expenses) has been frozen. The problem was that the fund had bought worthless sub-prime paper associated with the failing real estate loan market. This led to a run on the fund when localities learned of the news. They rapidly withdrew money from the fund ($7-$8 billion in a matter of days)-- until the state placed a freeze on withdrawals. For some of the smaller school boards and localities the freeze means they cannot meet payroll this week.
It gets worse. The political appointees who manage state funds want to use the state pension fund (your retirement money) to secure the bad debt in the Local Investment Fund.
In other words, the state pension fund (Florida Retirement System) is targeted as a means to secure up to two billion dollars worth of bad debt.
Although the retirement fund has nothing to do with the irresponsible decisions undermining the Local Investment Fund, it is now slated as a means to bankroll a rescue of the Local Investment Fund and save the politicians who got us into this. Faculty retirement benefits are jeopardized by this scam.
The three member board that runs the fund will meet on Tuesday, December 4th, to plan the next steps. So far only Alex Sink, the state comptroller, is publicly criticizing the raid on the retirement funds of faculty and other state employees. She deserves your support and encouragement in her courageous fight against this unparalleled proposal Sink's email address is cfo@fldfs.com.
The other two members, Governor Charlie Crist (email charlie.crist@myflorida.com) and Attorney General Bill McCollum (ag.mccollum@myfloridalegal.com), are still not saying how they will vote on your future.
I (Tom Auxter) have asked the Florida Education Association to use all political and legal services resources available to support Alex Sink, to expose this scam, to mobilize educators, and to hold the state government accountable for the future of faculty and other state employees who for a lifetime invested their earnings and savings in this retirement fund -- with the expectation that Florida would honor its commitment to their retirement, without subtraction for unrelated and unethical purposes.
We will keep you posted as we learn more.
Note: For more information on this:
http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/11/30/florida-bush-lehman-biz-beltway-cx_mb_1130florida.html
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