We are in the home stretch of the 2021 Legislative Session. COVID-19 cases are on the decline, Vermonters are lining up for vaccinations, and spring has arrived in Vermont. Itâs hard to believe it was only a year ago that we were resigning ourselves to the reality that our somewhat predictable way of life had become uncertain and unpredictable. Schools went on line, businesses shut down, travel halted, and family members sheltered in place. The spigot, as Governor Scott would refer to during his weekly press conference, was closed. The decisions that were being made focused on saving lives and preventing the spread of this unknown virus. Mandates to socially distance, wear masks, and only venture outside the home when essential, became embedded in our psyches. No more family get togethers, going to sporting events, attending your childâs school performance, attending a religious service, visiting a family member in the hospital or a nursing home. For the majority of us, goi
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Vermonters deeply value our teachers, troopers and state employees. Many of the most active and engaged citizens in small town Vermont are retired state workers and teachers. While these public servants do not make as much as they might in a private sector career, the opportunity to earn a pension and have the guarantee of income in retirement is key to the recruitment and retention of these important workers, and a huge benefit to our local economies. Unfortunately, it has been clear for decades that those benefits paid out to future retirees cannot be sustained by the investment earnings of the funds and the normal contributions from the employer and active employees alone.
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Lagos lawyer and former President of the West Africa Bar Association (WABA), Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday dismissed what he described as repackaged allegation that he bought an Abuja property allegedly recovered by the Pension Reform Taskforce for N1 billion in 2015.
The fiery lawyer, who insisted the allegation was merely being renewed after past attempts could not be substantiated, said in a statement that he had never bought any property from the federal government including the controversial property in Maitama, Abuja.
In the statement made available to THISDAY, Falana said, “My attention has just been drawn to the renewed version of the lie to the effect that the same property lying and being at 42, Gana Street, Maitama District, Abuja, allegedly recovered by the Pension Reform Task Force was valued at N6,000,000,000.00 (Six Billion Naira) but sold to me for N1,000,000,000.00 (One Billion Naira) sometime in 2015.”