Who's campaign is it anyway? The Truth Behind Randy Kirner's Record as Chairman of the Nevada Public Employees Benefit Program.
Nevadans are tired of politics as usual and candidates that will say and do anything to get elected. We've exposed the facts behind Randy Kirner's poor leadership at the helm of the PEBP and his failure to make the tough choices for Nevada taxpayers. Government is only as honest as the people we elect to run it. Ellie will bring a new approach to Carson City - one that demands honesty about our problems and the courage to make the tough decisions for a brighter future. Click on the links below to get the real truth behind Randy Kirner's record.
"A final report from a panel of private citizens charged with finding efficiencies in state government says the generous salary and benefit package provided to the state workforce is unaffordable in the short run and unsustainable in the long run.” Nevada News Bureau 1/7/10 CLICK HERE for the story
"It is undeniable the program is a burden to the state and takes away resources from other areas of critical need," Ben Kieckhefer LVRJ 9/24/08 CLICK HERE for the story
"The joint committee rejected the recommendations proposed by the SAGE Commission to reduce employee health benefits. Those included reducing the percentage subsidy for state workers from 95 percent to 75 percent, reducing retiree subsidies from 67 percent to 34 percent over the biennium and cutting off subsidies to those eligible for Medicare. Altogether, that decision will require another $158.5 million over the biennium." Nevada Appeal 5/4/09 CLICK HERE for the story
"By a 5-3 vote, the board that governs the state health insurance system has agreed to extend coverage to domestic partners of government and university system employees. Voting against extending coverage were Teska, George Campbell and Van Mouradian." Las Vegas Sun 5/30/09
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"Unlike the Public Employees’ Retirement System pension, which is actuarially funded, PEBP’s state retiree health insurance subsidies are not. These long-term unfunded liabilities to the state have recently been estimated at up to $4.0 billion, depending on investment assumptions used in the calculation. This liability is the value of the benefits, as they exist today, for retirees, both currently retired and active employees expected to retire. The majority of this liability (80 percent) is for the currently active employees (future retirees). Hobbs, Ong & Assoc./Applied Analysis Report CLICK HERE for the report
"Committing to expenditures that the next generation will be forced to make is just wrong, that's how you get into trouble down the road." said Steve Hill, the incoming chamber chairman. Las Vegas Review Journal 9/24/08 CLICK HERE for the story
"If Nevada's elected officials don't act quickly to rein in the cost of providing subsidized health care to their retirees, then programs and services from education to public safety will suffer as more money is diverted to a benefit that has disappeared from the private sector, a new Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce study suggests. Committing to expenditures that the next generation will be forced to make is just wrong." Las Vegas Review Journal 9/24/08 CLICK HERE for the story