Glitzy Pensions? Not for Teachers

Ventura Star columnist Timm Herdt makes a well-reasoned case for how CalSTRS is different and why it’s adequate funding is necessary for the ongoing retirement security of California’s educators.

Herdt: Glitzy pensions? Not for teachers

With 1,200 members, Ventura County has one of the more active divisions of the California Retired Teachers Association. They're not a glamorous bunch.

The group holds its regular meetings in the basement of a retirement home. On the half-dozen occasions a year it puts on luncheons, it eschews pricey hotels and holds them instead at a banquet room at a municipal golf course.

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