Candidate Patti Adair saved taxpayers $200K by rejecting Gov’t pension

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

Congressional candidate and current Deschutes County Commissioner, Patti Adair, had a great quote in The Oregonian this week.

Here it is:

“What I do in Deschutes County can clearly be transferred to our federal government,” she said. “The federal debt needs to be very closely monitored. We’ve got to leave something for our next generation.”Adair said she practices what she preaches, using the example of her opting out of the state’s public employees retirement system — a decision that is saving $200,000 worth in taxpayer dollars for Deschutes County residents, she said.”

Oregon has a public pension debt (PERS) that is over $26 billion dollars.   Those costs are draining police, school and fire budgets.

To hear Commissioner Patti Adair save taxpayer dollars by nearly a quarter million by personal choice is a sacrifice worth mentioning.