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		<title>State and PERA File Appellees&#8217; Briefs</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2012/05/23/state-and-pera-file-appellees-briefs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New on the Resources page www.SavePERACOLA.com/resources are the two answers that PERA and the State of Colorado have filed with the Colorado Court of Appeals. These are in response to our appeal of Denver District Court&#8217;s dismissal of our lawsuit over the reduction in our annual 3.5% cost-of-living adjustments brought about by Senate Bill 10-001 in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=480&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Court of Appeals Schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have received notice of the following scheduled dates for the lawsuit: 4/23/12 – Appellees  to Supplement Record 5/29/12 – Appellee’s Answering Brief 6/12/12 &#8211; Appellant’s Reply Brief PERA and the State of Colorado are the appellees. Gary R. Justus et al are the appellants.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=468&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More PERA Cuts?&#8230;or&#8230;Win the Lawsuit!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attack on PERA retirees’ annual benefit increases is starting up again, this time by Governor John Hickenlooper. We are again seeking to raise additional funds to support our legal efforts in overturning in state court the serious reductions in those increases that Senate Bill 10-001 created two years ago.  We would like to take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=466&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dismissal of Lawsuit Appealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PERA Retirees Appeal Dismissal of COLA Class Action Lawsuit The plaintiffs in the civil suit Gary R. Justus et al vs. State of Colorado and Public Employees’ Retirement Association of Colorado et al (Case No.: 2010CV1589) have announced that they will appeal today the June 29th dismissal of their case by Denver District Chief Judge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=461&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>June 30, 2011 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 30, 2011 Update  Judge Robert S. Hyatt has ruled against all claims of a group of four PERA retirees who challenged Senate Bill 10-001 in a lawsuit.  Plaintiffs sought restoration of their annual benefit increases (COLA) to the previous law that set them at 3.5% per year (3.25% for DPS Division). SB10-001 reduced the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=451&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>June 21 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief Judge Robert S. Hyatt of the Denver District Court issued yesterday a comprehensive Order that denies various Plaintiffs’ motions to: a) remove Kathleen Hopkins as a named plaintiff (which was solely at her request); b) add Meredith Williams, PERA Executive Director, as a named defendant; c) strike the use of an inadvertently disclosed e-mail [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=439&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>June 8, 2011 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both PERA and the State have filed briefs in support of their motions for summary judgment in the lawsuit. PERA’s brief is very long and includes many political arguments, whereas the state’s brief simply references PERA’s arguments and reinforces their legal arguments. Read them under the Court Filings and Resources tab at  www.saveperacola.com/resources.  There is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=430&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>April 28, 2011 Update</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2011/04/29/april-28-2011-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Attorneys for the defendants PERA and the State of Colorado have demanded disclosure of all of Save PERA COLA’s documents and emails, such that we would have to basically disclose our contacts (i.e., you), emails between you and Save PERA COLA and/or plaintiffs, and donations to SPC you may have made. We have filed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=420&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Council Staff Publishes SB1 Paper</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2010/11/01/378/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The staff at the Colorado Legislative Council has posted a new summary paper of SB1 on their website. The description of how retirees&#8217; Annual Benefit Increases (ABI) are affected begins in the middle of page 11, and there is a table on page 13 that compares increases pre- and post- SB1. PERA Executive Director Meredith Williams has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=378&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October 11 Update</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2010/10/12/october-11-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been an eventful summer of media coverage for the lawsuit and Save PERA COLA. Most important, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against PERA and the State of Colorado achieved an early victory when Chief Judge Robert  S. Hyatt refused the defendants’ motion to dismiss five of the eight claims. The lawsuit: Gary R. Justus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=359&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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