AFTER YEARS of public pension fund scandals and legislated reforms, there is still more to be done to protect public employee pensions and taxpayers’ money. A case in point is the recent fraud and waste uncovered at the Hampden County Regional Retirement Board. An audit covering 2014-2017, conducted by the Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration […]
Robert Markel
Posted inEducation, Opinion
A charter convert
I WAS MAYOR of Springfield and chairman of the city’s school committee when the Massachusetts Education Reform Act passed in 1993. As a Democrat, and now a Boston resident, I am a strong supporter of public education, and I want all school districts to be high performing. I once believed that the path to better […]