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FactCheck: How generous is Danny Alexander's pensions deal?
"Yes, we are asking public service workers to contribute more. Yes, we are asking them to work longer, along with the rest of society, but we are offering the chance of a significantly better pension at the end of it for many low and middle income earners."
Danny Alexander, speech to the House of Commons, 2 November 2011
Cathy Newman checks it out
Millions of public sector workers are preparing to go on strike next week – the biggest industrial action since the Winter of Discontent. Some 20 unions could walk out on November 30 in protest at government plans to make them pay more into their pensions, and work for longer.
Ministers know the action will be disruptive. So they're doing everything they can to try and persuade the unions to call it off.
Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has one central argument: that the new deal will mean better pensions for many low and middle income earners. But FactCheck has found a flaw in his claims.
The analysis
Danny Alexander claims his new pensions deal is significantly more generous than the current deal. He does concede that like the rest of us, the public sector will have to work longer and in most cases pay more – but he insists the deal should be enough to silence any further talk of strike action.
"This generous offer should be more than sufficient to allow agreement to be reached with the unions," he said, warning the unions to call off next week's strike, as the deal "is conditional upon agreement being reached".
In his speech, Mr Alexander pointed MPs to a document setting out the deal in detail. It gives examples of the changes to five different public sector workers' pensions: a teacher, a nurse, a civil servant, a local government chief exec and a local government administrator.
The document 'Public Sector Pensions: good pensions that last' claims for example, that a 40 year old male civil servant with 18 years of service would only have to work 18 months more – to the age of 61 years and 6 months – to get his existing pension deal.
And if he retired at 67, the civil servant would be £3,700 better off.
That doesn't sound too bad. Except last week, a new pensions calculator popped up on the homepage of the Civil Service website. And the problem was – its findings were wildly out of sync with Mr Alexander's.
The calculator showed that the government's civil servant would have to work an extra four years under the new deal to get even close his previous pension.
In fact according to the calculator at the age of 64, he'd get £141 less per year.
And if he was to work until 67 – after seven years more work – his "generous" increase would be a total of £2,567 per year – 30 per cent less than Mr Alexander promised.
The calculator has mysteriously disappeared from the Civil Service website. The Cabinet Office told the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union that it has been taken down for "presentational reasons" and will be back up shortly.
The Treasury told FactCheck: "As many objective observers have noted, we have made a generous offer which is much more than most in the private sector can expect. These differences arise because of different assumptions. The Cabinet Office calculator assumed the member retires on a higher salary than under the HMT example. The HMT example assumed that the member took a three year career break during his working life (thereby reducing the amount paid in).
"Irrespective, in either example, the government clearly meets its commitment that low and middle income earners will, at retirement, get a pension as good if not better than they get now."
Cathy Newman's verdict
Last time I looked "significant" meant "meaningful". So are "many" low and middle income earners in line for a significantly better pensions deal?
On the numbers helpfully crunched by the government's online calculator, I'd argue not. The average civil servant featured would have to work a whole four years more to get the same pension payout as they're currently due.
And even if they wait seven years to hang up their boots, retiring at 67, (as the government would like) they'd be just £2,567 a year better off – 30 per cent less than Danny Alexander promised.
No wonder the unions aren't impressed. I'd say it's a racing certainty next week's strikes are on.
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UncleBob 22-Nov-11 at
I enjoy working longer & harder to subsidise others to have an easier life than I.
The reform should have come over the previous administration which quite rightly pumped more money in the form of higher wages in the public sector, but some of the public sector perks should have been negotiated downwards in return for the increased pay deals.
As is always the way, the Tories pick up the pieces & take all the flack.
Big K 23-Nov-11 at
Even if the public sector pensions are reduced it won't stop you having to work longer and harder as most of the workers involved will end up claiming benefits when they retire. The average payout in local government is £3800 a year. Is that really gold plated as the Mail would have you believe.
Dan 23-Nov-11 at
The reform did come under the previous government. A new pension deal was struck in 2007.
That deal was recognised as affordable and appropriate.
This current government has been drip-feeding a steady stream of lies about public sector pensions. First, they said they were unaffordable. When that was proven to be inaccurate, they claimed they were unsustainable. When that was also proven to be inaccurate (read Hutton's report) they changed tack again and are now saying that "it's not fair".
Is that what we've come to? "He's got a better pension than I have, so take it away from him.
Chidlish, schoolyard arguments.
The torys are, yet again, indulging in the politics of envy. And, whilst we fight amongst ourselves over a few pennies, the real villains at the top of the pile look on, laughing, as they siphon off the big money via tax avoidance and evasion.
With respect, you've fallen for their lies, hook line and sinker.
Glenda Richardson 23-Nov-11 at
It's not about reducing the pension, it's about reducing the taxpayer contribution to nearer (but still higher,unfortunately, than) a level that is available to the many.
Taxpayers, well private sector ones aren't the cash cows the unions & Labour would have you believe, we've had enough.
Wilma Miller 23-Nov-11 at
I am pensioner now having retired as a teacher 3 years ago after around 30 years in comprehensive schools in Glasgow(east end)- not an easy 'gig'-but I fully recognise that we were very generously paid latterly and I could see trouble loomimg. After all it was really only a very few fans who ever believed that Gordon Brown had abolished boom and bust so clearly a bust was coming.The teaching profession up here was basically bribed with all sorts of arrangements unlikely to remain( see the MCrone settlement)Some of its arrangements were laughably offering a lot of pay for an 'all quiet on the teaching front' they could boast about for years to come. Reality bites in the end. We have had it so good so here goes and then we can all turn round and blame 'the toffs'-Tories. It's where Scotland is comfiest after all.
Mark 24-Nov-11 at
I think if you look at the whole picture, I believe there is a convincing argument to suggest that this has very little to do with affordability of even fairness for the tax payer.
Given that the affordability of public sector pensions was confirmed by the National Audit Office.Given also that this government is determined by their ideological beliefs to reduce the size of government and to promote the greater use of private companies to deliver public services. This has more to do with reducing the future costs to private businesses than getting a fair deal for tax payers.
So I predict a future where private companies provide an inferrier service to maximise their profits, which will go towards paying dividends to wealthy shareholders. These private companies will then as they already do, become adapt at lobbying ministers for more money from the tax payer to provide these services.
The mantra from these neo-liberal governments is that the private sector is more cost efficient and reliable, you only have to look where private companies have entered into the areana which was once provided by public services to know that this is just not true.
gwal 23-Dec-11 at
No we are not asking the tories to take the blame for thousands of unemployed, the highest number of young people & women unemployed in a generation, and we are not blaming them for allowing the Bankers to get huge bonuses and wages while the ordinary people sweat blood to pay off a deficit caused by the same bankers.
We are not blaming them for cutting Billions in housing and then offering a few million to 'kick-start' the housing market.
Lastly we are not blaming the tories for having 21 millionaires in their cabinet and who are making policies to keep their rich friends happy!
Philip Edwards 22-Nov-11 at
I hope the strikes go ahead and I hope they are solid. It is the only way to get deadfaces Osborne/Alexander to deal decently.
Nobody wants to go on strike but there are times when it is an absolute necessity. Defending your old age is one of them.
The CamCleggies will steal everything to hand over to their pals – health, education, housing and now even old age. They'll loot anything.
Enough is enough. It's time to stand up to the thieves and liars. After all, they've had a free, subsidised ride for the last generation, a welfare state for the rich.
gwenodine 23-Nov-11 at
I work in the public sector as an administrator. The default age at which LGPS pension can be claimed is 65. It can be claimed earlier but will obviously be less than the full rate. I've no idea where the idea that ALL public sector workers can retire on full pension from the age of 55 came from. For people at my level it has always been 65 and certainly not "gold plated"
Chris 23-Nov-11 at
It's not fair that someone on minimum wage works all the way to state retirement age (not earlier like most public sector workers) & contributes more to someone's pension pot than they can afford to their own.
I hope the strikes are called off & these greedy public sector workers grow a sense of reality & stop leaching off those of us who can't afford it. These unions looking after their comparabily well off & greedy members need smashing.
It's unfair I work more hours a week & will work more years of my life whilst unable to afford to protect my own future but have to pay for someone else who's better off.
Increased pay deal after pay deal under last Gov should have eradicated sone of these benefits not available to the majority.
Disgracefully greedy & selfish.
gwenodine 23-Nov-11 at
Chris you should not believe all the headlines. Most public sector workers are like me, clerical, admin and the like. We are not the overpaid bigwigs at the top who do not do the graft and hours we put in (no overtime pay, ever). We have not had a pay rise since 2010 and will not get one before 2013. I reach the grand age of 65 in January but have no plans to retire because, like most of the working population, I cannot afford to while there are still mortgage payments to be made. Also despite what you read we do contribute towards our pensions AND the bigwig pay-offs/bonuses>
Chris 23-Nov-11 at
It's still a pension pot that receives a much higher contribution from the employer (ultimately the taxpayer) than pensions available elsewhere.
Given that the pay deals which were a cornerstone of the last Gov didn't reform these kind of benefits not available to the majority, it's unfair on low paid private sector workers to subsidise the lifestyles to an extent that far outweighs what's available to them, if they can afford to pay into one at all.
Dan 23-Nov-11 at
So, rather than engage in meaningful action to raise the value of your own pension pot or force a review of private sector pensions, you'd rather slash public sector pensions instead? Yes, let's all race to the bottom to see who can become the poorest faster.
I think what a lot of people are failing to understand is this: public sector pensions are not a gift that the government generously bestows upon us; they are part of the contract between employer and employee. That contract essentially says, "In exchange for you working x hours per month, you will be paid a certain percentage of salary, and the remaining percentage will be placed aside to fund your pension." So you see, the money for pensions comes out of the remuneration that I and thousands of others signed up for when we took the jobs.
Don't like paying public sector workers a salary? Fine. Let's see how you get on when nobody empties your bins, there are no hospital staff, fires rage with nobody to put them out, there is no-one to pay child benefit or disability benefit, local amenities stand idle, the streets are not cleaned. Then wonder if maybe, just maybe, the public sector can be pretty bloody…
John 23-Nov-11 at
Ridiculous over-reaction & don't even grasp the debating point
It's not about slashing pay or pensions, it's about a deal which is fair for tax-payers.
Employer, (taxpayer) contribution percentage is higher than 'the many' receive.
And as for your rant about salary, the streets aren't cleaned, the hospitals have too many staff pushing bits of paper around, amenities do stand idle as many councils, particularly Labour one's have cut services rather than non-jobs
But that's all irrelevant to a pension deal that is fair for taxpayers, particularly low & middle paid private sector ones.
Saltaire Sam 23-Nov-11 at
John, just because the tax payer is the employer doesn't mean that the employees should suffer an injustice.
After all, it is the taxpayer as customer who contributes to the profits of many private companies which is then paid out in large salaries and in many cases very large pensions.
You indignation would be more understandable if you were equally concerned about the fact that many valuable public sector workers (nurses, firemen etc) are paid far below what their skills contribute, while the fat cats fail to contribute their share of taxes.
It would also be have more force if you were indignant that the pain of the crisis brought about by bankers and speculators were not being brought to bear on many public sector workers who had nothing to do with creating the situation. It is they who are being put out of work or having their salaries frozen while bankers continue to rake in the cash.
We don't pay public sector workers as a charity or as some unearned benefit – they supply valuable services and often well below what 'the market' would expect if those jobs were in the private sector.
Mark 23-Nov-11 at
Chris you state that work for the minimum wage, well firstly thank the trade unions for their lobbying of government to introduce it. Secondly you state that our pensions are a burden on you the tax payer. What we are trying to protect are the living standards that we have invested in, which will hopefully mean that we will not need additional benefits when we reach retirement. Unfortunately for you, as you state that you are receiving the minimum wage, if things continue along in the same way, you will need to receive additional benefits to make sure that you have a sufficient standard of living in your old age, which of course us tax payers will have to subsidise. Your situation is not as a result of us tax payers, but due to a failure of the private sector to provide adequate pensions for its employees. My advice would be to join a trade union and fight for a better deal.
Dan 24-Nov-11 at
John, you say it's about fairness for the taxpayer. OK, let's engage in a little experiment.
Do you, or have you ever, claimed working family tax credit or child benefit? Let's assume you have.
Do you have a car? Again, we'll assume you do.
I've paid tax which has, in turn, been paid to you in benefits and has allowed you to afford to run a car. Accordingly, I've decided that you can't have your car anymore because it isn't fair on me. You see, I can't afford a car. Why should I pay taxes to be given to people like you in the form of benefits so that you can swan around in comfort?
You see how it works? Given enough time, we can all identify people who have something we don't, and we can all justify why it isn't fair. That, Sir, is what we call a race to the bottom.
Alternatively, we can all grow up and act like adults.
Dawn Sheffield 28-Nov-11 at
Our wages were lower to make up for a better pension, we work hard and long, our pensions were part of our salary package and are now being taken away, this is a tax on the poor, we are not rich, we were already struggling and will not be able to pay the extra to Treasury NOT to our pension! Tax the rich, £120Bn is evaded and avoided, get that moeny into the economy first!! we are not greedy, the Millionaires in Cabinet are greedy adn misguided.
Tommy 23-Nov-11 at
Cathy, I'm certainly detecting a bit of left-wing bias in your posts of late. Rather than using Danny's figures or the online calculator why not work out the real numbers for yourself? The figures aren't that complex.
If the online calculator does include a 3 year break then that'd quite easily explain the discrepancies between the two figures, right?
And I can't see anywhere where you've actually discussed low or middle earners? Only high up administrators and averages across the public sector…
Big K 23-Nov-11 at
The reforms have never been about affordability and they still do not address the fundamental flaws in pensions that we have. The problem is not pensions in private v public sector it is pensions at the top and the bottom of the income scale across all sectors. Lets start by removing higher rate tax relief on pension contributions and then we can afford to think about what our priorities really need to be.
The second flaw we need to address is how the pensions funds are invested. Tying them to the stock market means they are vunerable to the huge swings, and get mugged for huge fees when no value is added. Lets use these funds for long term investment – social housing for example – where there are more predictable returns.
Saltaire Sam 23-Nov-11 at
Having considered the carefully researched statement of Danny Alexander, having seen how often government statistics appear to be partial at best and taking into account the fact that Mr A is a lib-dem who stood on a no top-up fees manifesto, I have come to my conclusion.
I'm with the strikers.
Jonathan 23-Nov-11 at
How far should this ridiculous race to the bottom go? Many workers in the private sector have no pension provision at all, so maybe the same proportion of we 'greedy' public sector workers should suffer as well.
The civil service scheme that I belong to made changes in 2007 to reduce the future burden on the taxpayer (and by the way, public sector workers are taxpayers too – all our taxes go to a big pot that is divided out into areas of expenditure). Those changes have been independently verified by the NAO, Public Accounts Committee and even the Hutton Report (despite Francis Maude shamefully lying that it said otherwise) as having the desired effect. There are agreements in place to 'cap and share' future costs if they rise.
So why is the government asking me to pay more now (on top of a 2-year pay freeze), work longer, and get a lower pension at the end? My pay has been frozen for 2 years and I have the same rising costs as everyone else. This is deficit reduction, pure and simple, and shameful when so much tax relief on pensions goes to the 1% at the top.
Maude/Alexander: you won't dare arrange indepedent valuations of the schemes, because you know you're lying.
JonJ 23-Nov-11 at
This deal is particularly bad for LGPS workers who already pay significantly more pension contributions than the civil service (in the order of 4%). I agree that all public sector workers should pay the same contributions but the LGPS scheme is largely self funded and sustainable having had a large increase in contributions in 2007. It should be treated separately to the rest IMO.
Nowell S 23-Nov-11 at
I just think its sad that so many private sector workers are so quick to jump on the laughable bandwagon of political media spin. Personally, I think its disheartening to find so many gullible people out there happy to accept the word of a bunch of politicians terrified of actually focusing on the real problems facing the country. It wasn't the teachers, the police, the firemen and women, the cleaners, the bus drivers etc that brought this country to its economic knees. The spineless politicians are happy to divert our attention from their abject cowardice to address the financial fat cats that are still running the country the way they want it. I would beg any who feel that the public sector is somehow deserving of this pillage of our pensions first calmly contemplate what it is they give back to our people, our communities. I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of private sector pension plans, but I don't leap to assume that they don't deserve more…I just fail to understand those that believe that the public sector deserves less, simply because the private sector don't get more. That just smacks of selfish greed and jealousy, rather than a matter of fairness.
kh 24-Nov-11 at
I don't understand why these people who say that public sector jobs are easier and better paid than private sector jobs don't come and get jobs in the public sector.
Is it because, in reality, the equivalent jobs are actually usually worse paid and tend to involve lots of unpaid overtime?
I enjoy my public sector job, because I like the satisfaction that comes from serving the public and that offsets the fact that I could increase my wages by about 20% if I got a similar private sector job. I don't mind working extra hours for the same reason. And I'm no martyr. I don't want praise, but I would like to keep the pension I was promised. And I would like it if you would please stop slagging me off all over the internet.
Saltaire Sam 24-Nov-11 at
Several people have made the point that it is illogical to say that public sector workers' pensions should be reduced because private sector pensions are not as good. I agree.
I don't hear bankers say that their pay and bonus increases should be frozen because public sector pay has been frozen.
It's typical of the double speak that surrounds so much of our public affairs.
Steve Bell has summed it up in the Guardian today with a cartoon pointing out that Cameron is condemning strikers for harm they can do on one day of non working while he is currently sacking thousands of public sector workers, putting them out of work for possibly years. But that of course is doing the country good!
warlin 24-Nov-11 at
If you consider that only around 9% of Civil Servants actually receive the going rate for the job i.e. the top of their pay scale. You have to wonder why the "high paid Civil Servants" myth is circulated? Pay has been effectively frozen since 2008, with no improvement in sight. This means that salaries have actually been cut, relative to inflation, by up to 20%. Why should they then have to pay more into a pension scheme when their salary has already been depressed to provide for their pension? This used to be stated on the Civil Service pension scheme website, but has since been removed.
Civil Servants did not cause the public purse to empty or indeed apply for the hundreds of billions in loans, but we are being asked to pay for it!!!!
Alex 24-Nov-11 at
A better "FactCheck" would be how much the average private sector employee would receive as a pension if he contributed the same amount that a public sector employee does.
And all this talk about "affordability" is bunk. It is affordable for the government to give me £10m. It isn't fair though. This whole debate is actually about fairness. It is unreasonable to expect private sector workers to work for longer and contribute to the pension of their public sector counterparts who often retire a decade earlier. The reality is that we are all going to have to work longer, pay more and get less. That the private sector will have to do this so the public sector doesn't have to would be a gross injustice.
Re. the average local government pension being £3,800. Can we do a Factcheck on that please? What is the average private sector pension? Most people don't have one. And how is this £3,800 calculated? Does it include part time workers and those who have served for only a few years?
David 25-Nov-11 at
Alex, I agree that private sector workers shouldn't foot the bill for public sector workers. But that isn't what is happening no matter how much the govt tries to spin it.
Private sector workers and public sector workers pay tax. A portion of this tax goes towards public sector pay. A portion of that public sector pay is deferred, in other words public sector workers set aside a portion of their pay to go towards their pension.
Private sector workers do not have good pensions because they have been raped by the banks. Now they are attempting to do the same with public sector workers.
You should support the public sector workers and direct your protests at your employer and ask them to provide you with a better pension.
The Public Sector unions are the last significant body of people who can hopefully make some change as successive govts have destroyed the unions (and our voices).
Support your Public Sector.
Heather H 24-Nov-11 at
When I left the private sector to work in the public sector I had a contract of employment which included my pension. I took a pay cut to work in the public sector. I am a supervisory admin grade & the bigger wage earner in my household. As we have heard time and time again our pensions ARE affordable. If there is to be a change then change it for new starts, after a cut off date like private sector companies do. That way my contract of employment hasnt been breached/changed by my employer.
I did not cause this economic crisis, I do not receive a large salary, a large bonus or share options. I pick up a newspaper and everyday I see detailed accounts of money that is being wasted ie £15,000 to reframe 5 paintings in one dept. The Bankers and the over paid executives are to blame for this crisis so they must pay. Also all the companies that are either avoiding or being let off with huge tax bills should also be made to pay up. Not the ordinary tax payers in any shape or form of which I am since 1987. I hope that the whole country comes to a standstill on 30th November and sends a strong message to Government.
Saltaire Sam 24-Nov-11 at
We are told today that the PS strike could cost the country £500m.
Doesn't that just show how valuable these workers are and how much they deserve a decent pension?
After all, our MPs take weeks off at a time and that doesn't seem to bring the country to its knees and yet they have very generous pay offs when the electorate kick them out and larger pensions than most PS workers.
Paul 24-Nov-11 at
I misread the headline and expected to read about Danny Alexander's *own* pension prospects. I bet they are brighter than mine (recently retired from the lower reaches of the public sector). I won't repeat the points made above, but I'm with strikers on this issue.
MPs have looked after themselves rather well: I guess they are the only group of public sector employees whose pay and pensions aren't being targeted as part of the national deficit reduction programme. Am I right? Anyone in a position to fact-check that assertion?
H.T.HACK 25-Nov-11 at
For everyone who works this is not fair.
Danny BEAKER Alexander will come out at the end of his career £440942 richer every year.
This equates to £26.404 per week!!!
I mean is this a sick joke?
How do these fiends actually deserve this kind of money?
Why is it they don't come out with the same pension scheme the plebs do?
Jeez,the STENCH of corruption and greed in this world along with inequality never ends.
We the mass public are to blame because we sit back and TAKE THIS blatantly occurring in front of us and say "what can we do?"
Time and again come election time the cross goes in the box again and so it continues.
But,the country is divided rich-poor,i care- i don't care,people not wanting to rock the boat,take a little short term pain for the long term gain,so,history,as per usual repeats.
Alan 25-Nov-11 at
I think the point of the argument is that this is a new tax imposed by Cameron and his cronies on Public Sector Workers Pensions. The Public Sector worker will not benefit from any additional contributions made but this money will be used by Whitehall to pay off the debts created by their mates in the banks. What will happen when these Pension Contribution increases occur? Simply put the majority of Public Services Workers are on low pay and some barely on the minimum wage. How can they afford these additional contributions from their wages with the current cost of living? The answer is that they will cancel their pension's and some 20, 30 or 40 years time when they retire the State – being the Public will have to subsidise their income (by benefits) so it could be your children or grandchildren who end up footing the bill for this government's mistakes.
In addition if Cameron and his cronies decide to change the law on strike action e.g. 50% support for strike action from union's then they themselves will have to adapt the same terms – if that were the case any political party would find it impossible to form a government by their own political party.
Beverley Anderson 26-Nov-11 at
It is not an easy decison to take strike action. As someone who is a proud public servant and believes in public services, that the general public, the 99% rely on. But as a woman, I will stand on Wednesday for all those women who have stood before me and those who come after.Women in this country have fought for access to pensions, equal pay, and pension rights for same sex partners. I now have to fight for that very pension. On N30 I will be one of the women, we have been waiting for!
Albert 27-Nov-11 at
Its the teachers,police and town hall/DWP exec pension that need to be sorted ie the "gold plated freebees"and not the sub 20k pa public servant. Would you agree to public sector savers in a building society receiving 40% interest on their assets paid by the taxpayer and others offered the regular 1.5%? Not I. As for the private sector pension,these were tax raided by Mr Brown in 1997 and have been a useless investment since. So please dont blame the co. directors
Saltaire Sam 28-Nov-11 at
The country, we are told, cannot afford to pay its public sector workers the pension they were promised when they signed up. We are all living too long and well, the country is broke.
Yet today we read that the MOD has agreed to spend £2bn preparing to update our nuclear deterrent – and that is before it has been agreed to update that colossal waste of money.
The only argument for the UK having its own nuclear weapon would seem to be that it gives us clout in the world and makes our politicians feel even more important.
It will never be used and it is certainly irrelevant in preventing terrorism.
And aren't we among the countries arguing that other nations shouldn't have nuclear weapons becaue they make the world a more dangerous place?
Somewhere along the line, mankind's priorities have got out of kilter. Bombs before decent living standards for the elderly; miles of tunnels under Europe to find out about the big hang before clean water for Africa; huge short-term bonuses for bosses, frozen wages for their staff.
Saltaire Sam 28-Nov-11 at
George Osborne tells us that the success of his plan A is that the government can continue to borrow money at low interest rates.
Yet he is about to announce £30bn of infrastructure spending, most of which will be funded by pension schemes and the Chinese.
Isn't this PFI by another name? Won't the pension schemes and Chinese investors want a higher rate of return than the interest rates of which George is so proud?
Or is he using up those 'cheaper' loans to pay the debt that is escalating because of Plan A?
Sometimes my head hurts trying to find some logic in what our politicians do and say.
Verity 28-Nov-11 at
One of the many problems with public sector pensions is that there are so many of them and the terms & conditions are all different. I would like to see a comparative analysis of a selection of public sector schemes to show how much is contributed and for how long; compared to the amount of pension paid (as a % of salary) and the age of retirement. Perhaps you could compare the pension schemes of teachers, nurses and local government staff with those of senior military officers, the judiciary and MP's? Then perhaps we would be able to see if the current proposals are fair to all public sector employees.
Chris 29-Nov-11 at
Some really interesting comments, but what a terrible article. I think if you are calling an article "FactCheck" then your analysis should more or less be based on the facts. Whether it be £2,567 per year or £3,700 – that is an increase – and personally I would consider it "meaningful" as well. You explain the difference yourself, due to a 3 year career break etc. Why do you then go on to ignore it? Over the lifetime of a pension it adds up to a lot of money. But let's stick to the facts.
"Yes, we are asking them to work longer, along with the rest of society…"
"The average civil servant featured would have to work a whole four years more…."
Like the man said.
Mark 29-Nov-11 at
Lets stick to the facts:
Yes we are being told to work longer
Yes we are told to pay more
Yes we are being told to accept less
No there is no justified reason for doing this
Yes we don't like it and therefore are going on strike
Yes the government refuses to address the exorbitant bonuses of high paid Executives
Yes the government is against a Bank Transaction Tax
Yes there has been an increase in inequality in this country over the past 30 years and the government's proposals to raid our pensions will increase this inequality.
Yes I don't understand why you would what to defend the actions of government that you yourself proclaim sees you in a job on the minimum wage. I don't understand how you could believe that this government represents your interests when all the evidence suggests that you are not one of the top earners in this country.
soggs1968 30-Nov-11 at
How clever the politicians are being – divide and conquer. Private sector versus public sector, the working person needs to wake up. Why should people not work towards a pension… and incidently I pay 6.5% of my salary towards a LGPS pension. What sort of pension would private sector workers get if they contributed that amount towards a company scheme that employers had to contribute to also. Do you know.. in the long run the tax payer will be funding a lot of people in a few years time who do not have the fall back of a pension in old age. Good luck to the Public sector workers and also good luck to private sector workers, lets stop the bickering and fighting which is encouraged by politicians
Civil Servant 30-Nov-11 at
My Union tells me that there are several things HMG will not negotiate on and this is why they have taken the view the negotiations are pretty meaningless:
[1] The change from RPI to CPI;
[2] The overall amount of money the government wants in increased employee contributions over the next period i.e. before the other changes are implemented. This means that the protection for the low paid will be paid for by the middle and higher earners and many of the former are by no means well off: I'm probably one and have a smaller income than the regional average;
[3] The closure of final salary schemes for those still in them (incidentally several schemes were closed by the last Labour administration but this hardly ever gets into the media);
[4] The retirement age; in fact they've recently hardened the line on this and effectively asked for a blank cheque by insisting it be linked to the state pension age – which can be moved.
You can take your own view on how "meaningful" negotiations can have been if this information is accurate. You should also factor in that several schemes have "cap and share" mechanisms in them allowing risks and costs to be shared by employees…
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There is a tendency for those looking at the public sector to only look at those on a higher pay, as an admin officer I am on a lower pay than someone in an equivalent position in the private sector. One of the things drawing me to the position was the decent pension, this however is now going to cost me about £60 a month more how is that fair?
Also those in the private sector BEWARE, this means that your bosses will be able to impliment the same to your pensions. Don't assume you are above this it is already happening look at Marmite.
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Has anyone ever heard of the Scott report, produced for Mrs Thatcher in 1981? It records that civil servants have been contributing 8% towards their pensions for the past thirty years, by having that amount notionally top sliced off their salaries to compensate for reducing the retirement age for men from 65 to 60. Adding a further 3.2% on top of that means that civil servants will actually be paying 11.2% of their salaries towards their pensions, but will receive as much as 25% less when they finally start drawing them. Facts.


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There are some days when I really, really, really wish I were still writing Fake Steve, and friends, this is one of them. In case you haven't heard, Bloomberg accidentally ran Steve Jobs's obituary today, and then retracted it. Luckily, Gawker decided to humiliate Bloomberg by publishing the entire obit, including the list of people that… Read more »
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Bad behavior on Blu-ray: Will Smith, Nic Cage, The Ramones and more
When I say I'll give almost anything a chance, I mean it. The question isn't whether or not I'll watch something I've been sent. The question is when will I get to it.
With much of what I'm sent, that's random chance. I put things in stacks and then just watch my way from top to bottom. What's interesting is when themes emerge over a series of movies that you put on by chance. For example, last week I watched a stack that turned out to be half chick flicks, half anti-social bad behavior. I didn't mean for it to split down the middle like that, but it just worked out. So it makes sense to split the stack in half for review.
Let's start with the bad behavior, because the undeniable truth is that bad behavior is just plain fun. That's why so many movies love to revel in the ridiculously anti-social. These are things we would ever ever do... so why not watch someone else do them?
I'm shocked that "Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans" exists, and that it's even remotely good. The idea of anyone doing a requel to the Abel Ferarra wallow seems pointless. That film was all Catholic guilt and unrelenting squalor, and despite the extreme nature of the material, it was one of the most accessible things that Ferarra ever made, due at least in part to Harvey Keitel's self-eviscerating work in the lead. I guess if you're going to try to follow up that kind of organic freakshow, you've got to pick your ingredients wisely.
On paper, Werner Herzog plus Nic Cage sounds like chaos and madness and miles of wackjob, but if anything, this film exists as a sort of wry comment on expectation. Instead of making the same sort of stinking, snarling ball of weird that one might expect, Herzog and Cage seem to be roasting their own images, tweaking what you would think they'd do. It's a knowingly funny movie, at least for the first half. It gets a little earnest with the anti-drug stuff in the second half, but this is one of those Cage performances that you really do need to see for yourself.
The Blu-ray version of the film is fine, but Herzog shot it cheap and rough, so there's only so good it's ever going to look. The same is true of "Wild Things: Foursome," a preposterously straight-faced video sequel-in-name-only to John McNaughton's original "Wild Things," which was already pure guilty pleasure material to start with. Honestly, I never would have imagined this as a franchise, but I guess they see it as an easy-to-follow template that doesn't need any recognizable names in the cast. Why would they? They've got boobs, and that is evidently enough.
The young cast in this one is uniformly terrible, and the willing nudity of the female leads in no way remedies the mannered phoniness of their performances. Jillian Murray and Jarnette Patterson work as hard as they can, but they just don't have the substance to play man-eating femme fatales. Same thing with the annoyingly named Ashley Parker Angel, this dim bulb haircut who plays the male lead in the film. I'm guessing he was hired because he doesn't seem to own any shirts. The one person you might actually recognize is "Dukes Of Hazzard" star John Schneider, who plays a cop investigating the murder that kicks the whole film off. He's doing what I assume is his version of hard-boiled here, and while it sure is cute, it's also completely unconvincing. The film is built around some of the most tired "twists" I've ever seen, and you might be surprised by the ending if you've never seen a movie before.
And did I mention there are boobs?
It's weird the things that make you like or dislike a movie. Consider "Rock'n'Roll High School" and "Class Of Nuke 'Em High," for example. I have huge affection for one and I find the other completely disgusting. Yet they're not that different, honestly, so why does one work for me and the other doesn't?
Part of my fondness for "Rock'n'Roll High School" is the way it's built around shameless worship of the Ramones, and the film's soundtrack is low-fi Heaven. Part of it is PJ Soles as Riff Randle, the cutest goofiest rock chick in cinema history. 12-year-old me harbored the most insane crush on Soles after "Halloween," this film, and "Stripes." There's also that particular Mad magazine sense of humor that was so much a part of the upbringing of Joe Dante and Allan Arkush and Jerry Zucker, and it's surprising how sweet and sort of innocent that sense of humor really is. The print is the absolute best this film's ever looked, and I think I've owned every single home video version of this that's ever existed. While it's not as eye-popping as something like "Wall-E" on Blu-ray, it's nice to see HD used to simply archive the best possible print of something. That should be the point.
I've always found Troma films gross in a way that keeps me from enjoying them. I like sick jokes and childish jokes and broad sight gags, but the way Troma creates all of that, it's off-putting to me. Everyone in every single Troma movie looks like they'd smell bad. That may even be the joke, the intentional aesthetic. I still find it repellent and hard to sit through. Until the Blu-ray showed up, I'd never seen "Class Of Nuke 'Em High," probably one of their best known films. It's the story of a high school by a nuclear power plant where a mutant strain of marijuana turns the honors society into a gang of violent freaks and which infects the squarest kids in school, leading them to have premarital sex and create a nuclear mutant baby and turn into vengeful radioactive monsters. Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Oh, no, wait... that's "Tromeo & Juliet," which is coming out on Blu-ray later. This one feels exactly like the other Troma films I've seen, and while I admire the way Lloyd Kaufman built this fiercely independent company that turned out film after film with a clear comic voice, I have to admit that comic voice is one that falls flat for me. The low budget of the film has never been more apparent than in unforgiving HD, but if you are a fan, that's just part of the charm. If you love Troma, then I would say the disc is a must have. All others? Beware.
I'm not quite sure what to think of "I Sell The Dead," a dark horror comedy from Glass Eye Pictures. The low budget indie horror company produced this, a variation on the Burke and Hare story about grave robbers, and it seems like the story is on people's minds right now. Hammer Films and John Landis just finished making a version of this story with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis, along with co-stars like Christopher Lee, Tim Curry, Tom Wilkinson, and (*sigh*) Jenny Agutter. That sounds like a more traditional take on the story, while "I Sell The Dead" adds supernatural elements, meaning Blake (Dominic Monaghan) and Grimes (Larry Fessenden) get to battle vampires and zombies while they're rounding up bodies to sell for medical experimentation.
Glenn McQuaid made a short film version of this first, then turned it into a feature, and for the most part, it walks the fine line between scary and silly, withe the emphasis leaning decidedly towards "silly." The best stuff in the film is the relationship between Monaghan and Fessenden, who is better known as the director of films like "Wendigo" and "The Last Winter." The two of them have an easy rapport, and their friendship is more compelling than any of the horror elements. They kept me watching, along with the atmosphere that McQuaid creates. It's a promising first film, but I hope the next time, McQuaid makes a movie that brings all the elements together more successfully.
And speaking of first films, Sony sent out a Blu-ray of "Bad Boys," the film that turned Michael Bay into a professional feature film director. I'm a fan of the second film, but only saw the first one a single time. I decided to give it another look, and in doing so, I realized how "normal" Bay's filmmaking was in this one. He hadn't decided yet to go Avid-crazy, and there are many shots in the film longer than three seconds. It plays as pure parody of cop movies, a sort of self-referential Simpson/Bruckheimer movie. I'm glad Don Simpson has his name on at least one Michael Bay film, since Bay feels like the person that Don Simpson had to create to make the movies that Don had in his head. Will Smith is the glue that holds this film together, and one of the weirdest things about the movie is the way Martin Lawrence acts AT Smith without seeming to ever actually talk to him. I'm guessing he actually looks Smith in the eye about six times in the entire film. The movie is fairly standard action-movie nonsense, and it tries to have it both ways, making fun of action films while also working as one, and you can definitely see how this led to the over-the-top excess of the second film. As Blu-ray transfers go, this one's pretty great, and it makes me curious to see how long we're going to have to wait to see Sony give the sequel the same treatment.
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - Michael Jackson had many singles that were hits.
The Alabama baseball team had many hits that were singles.
In fact, the Crimson Tide had a streak of 47 consecutive hits that were singles going through six-plus games and 58 innings.
But that streak ended Sunday in an 12-6 victory over Tulane at Sewell-Thomas Stadium when Mikey White and Ben Moore doubled consecutively to highlight a six-run sixth inning.
With the victory, Alabama avoided a sweep.
Ray Castillo (2-0) was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Spencer Turnbull. They combined for 12 strikeouts, with Castillo setting a career with six.
In the three-game series, Alabama pitchers recorded 40 strikeouts.
White hit a game-tying double off the left-field wall to spark a six-run sixth inning.
Two pitches later, Moore hit a ground-rule double to score White with the go-ahead run.
Austen Smith and Kyle Overstreet capped the inning with two-run singles, and the Tide (8-3) won for only the second time in its past five games.
Smith and Overstreet each had three RBI. Moore had two. He came into the series batting .185 but went 4 for 11 in the three games. He scored two runs and drove in three.
The Tide sent 10 batters to the plate in the fourth and sixth innings.
It scored four runs in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead as it put together three singles and three walks. A throwing error by Tulane second baseman Bowen Woodson led to two unearned runs.
Woodson hit a two-out home run off of Castillo in the eighth inning.


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FLINT, MI -- Kettering University is hosting a talk on the future of the former Chevy in the Hole location, where manufacturing stopped years ago.
The lecture will be led by Joel Parker, a senior engineer for Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc. and project designer/engineer for the Chevy in the Hole project, and Steve Montle, a fellow with the Center for Community Progress.
The lecture and lunch are scheduled for Jan. 29, from 12:20-1:10 p.m. at Kettering's Academic Building, Room 2-225.
The discussion is presented by GEO and AIChE Student Chapters.
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So you are retired and live in the Valley,
Perhaps picking up litter can be right up your alley?!
Walking daily for our health a must,
More aerobic exercise will help, we trust.
I have found just the ticket for me,
Picking up litter and it is absolutely free.
I have a Labrador dog companion, too, I did train
She fetches plastic bottles on command using her keen canine brain.
All you dog walkers have built-in four-on-the-floor help,
Tell them it is time to walk and you will get an enthusiastic "Let's work" yelp.
I use a Pik Stik for easy grab and go,
I can pick up a cigarette butt and not even slow.
Here in Snoqualmie Valley one can volunteer for the Forest service, Cedar River Watershed Education Center, King County Parks and Recreation, or DNR,
All this outdoor fun with little use of your car.
Folks, all you need to have with you is a plastic bag to carry out trash,
This requires little or no out lay of cash.
I know there are others out doing what I do,
So I ask, why not you, too?
Pick a route you frequently trek whether road, trail or walking path,
It won't take many to keep our Valley beautiful, free of litter, you do the math.
I will keep my eyes out to greet you who join me in this exercise plan,
Worthwhile your time, I know more of you can!
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CARLISLE — Former Mechanicsburg funeral director Boyd Lee Myers Jr. appeared Tuesday in Cumberland County Court to plead guilty to driving under the influence in October in North Middleton Township.
Judge Kevin Hess approved Myers for representation by the Cumberland County Public Defender's Office, since Myers' assets are committed to paying restitution to his defrauded clients and since his former attorney, Karl Rominger, is no longer practicing law.
Myers, 53, who ran the former Myers Funeral Home in Mechanicsburg, pleaded guilty Sept. 12 to 558 charges of deceptive business practices, insurance fraud, misapplication of entrusted property, and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities. He was sentenced Jan. 9 to 5 to 10 years in state prison.
He owes $512,000 in restitution to 102 victims.
He filed a post-conviction appeal in February, asking for a reduced sentence.
For his guilty plea to the DUI charge, Hess sentenced him Tuesday to pay $1,000 and serve up to 6 months in prison, with the sentence to run concurrently with his prior conviction.
Court documents said Myers' blood alcohol content was .183 — exceeding the highest tier of impairment, .16, under Pennsylvania law — when he was pulled over Oct. 30, 2013.


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WHEREAS, Jeff Tredo on behalf of Martin Luther College, has filed an application for a variance from the City Code to allow a lower allocation of required parking stalls for a Senior Housing Development and a variance from the minimum lot area requirements in an R-3 Multiple Family Residence District on the Property legally described as Outlot 233 and 453, City of New Ulm (Street Address: 405 North Highland Avenue); and
WHEREAS, the City Code requires that this matter be considered by the New Ulm Board of Zoning Adjustment.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the City Code, the New Ulm Board of Zoning Adjustment will meet on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 100 North Broadway, New Ulm Minnesota to consider this matter. The public and all interested parties are hereby officially notified of said Public Hearing.


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David Zoffer, Jazz Chair
These ensembles are designed for instrumentalists and vocalists desiring a small ensemble experience with emphasis on the exploration of various jazz, Third Stream, popular, and fusion styles. Emphasis will be placed on the application of jazz theory concepts through performance. Larger involvement in the program is a preference consideration for placement in ensembles. Groups will receive 28 60-minute coaching sessions and the opportunity to perform in workshops and recitals throughout the year. Jazz auditions take place in September.
Additional times by arrangement with David Zoffer.


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The screenings will run from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., first come first served. The screening simple involves an examination of the face, scalp, skin, mouth, tongue, throat, thyroid and neck.
In addition, doctors from the Knight Cancer Institute, dentists and other health-care providers will be available to answer questions and to teach people the warning signs of cancer.
Doctors believe that many people overlook symptoms such as a newly hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing, a lingering ear ache, a red patch in the mouth or a sore throat that won't go away with antibiotics.
The OHSU news release on the screening says that the federal Centers for Disease Control believes that studies show there may be a link between the human papillomavirus and about 25 percent of mouth cancers and 35 percent of throat cancers.
Other risk factors for these cancers are smoking and alcohol use, sun exposure, radiation and a family history of the disease.
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The Michigan Wolverines have covered the point spread in their last six games against the Illinois Fighting Illini, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks Tuesday, as the two teams prepare to meet at the State Farm Center.
Sports bettors will find that the Wolverines are 2.5-point road favorites in the NCAA basketball odds, with the betting total sitting at 124 in the market.
Let's take a closer look at this Big Ten Conference matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up a prediction along the way.
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Three men were arrested Monday after Allentown police found cocaine, heroin and drug-packaging materials in their vehicles, court records say.
Josue Massa, 34, of Allentown, Danilo Jesus DeJesus, 36, of Bronx, New York, and Pablo D. Maya-Rodriguez, 42, of Philadelphia, were arraigned on felony drug charges Tuesday before District Judge Michael J. Faulkner. The men were sent to Lehigh County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail each.
Records say Massa, of the 700 block of Rutland Street, DeJesus and Maya-Rodriguez were already the subjects of a drug investigation when police spotted their vehicles parked side-by-side about 11 p.m. Monday at American Parkway and Hamilton Street in the city. DeJesus and Massa were in a silver Dodge Magnum, and Maya-Rodriguez was in a blue Toyota Camry, records say.
Several children were seen moving back and forth between the two vehicles, both of which were registered to an address in Philadelphia, records say. Officers approached the men, who consented to have their vehicles searched, records say.
Two bags of cocaine and a wrapped container of heroin were found in the Camry's trunk, records say. Officers discovered a digital scale, an item commonly used for drug packaging, inside the Magnum, records say.
All three men are charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one count of criminal conspiracy, records say. Additionally, DeJesus and Maya-Rodriguez are each charged with two counts of simple possession, while Massa faces a single count of that offense, records say.
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Mary Mougianis Liadis
LIADIS, Mary, Mougianis, 92, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital.
She was born Sept. 10, 1921, in Ikaria, Greece, the daughter of Anthony and Arhontoula Mougianis.
Mary came to Warren in 1923. She was a 1941 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and graduated from Warren Business College. Mary retired in 1989 as head cashier from the Trumbull County Treasurer's Office after 30 years of service.
She was a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, a past member of the Philoptochos Society, Yassou Club, Pan Icarian Society and the Senior Citizens' Club. She enjoyed reading, doing crafts, photography, traveling and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her three children, Joanne (Tom) Rach of Howland, Antoinette "Toni" (Tom) Madden of Solon and Diane (Paul) Rice of Poland; and five grandchildren, Maria (Gus) Kallergis, John Rach, Stephen Madden, and Allison and Julie Rice. She also had two great- grandchildren, Johnathan and Marios Kallergis; and one sister, Julia Gianakos of Warren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Peter J. Liadis, whom she married Sept. 24, 1950, and passed away on Oct. 13, 2004; brother, Nick Mougianis; and two sisters, Catherine Manners and Grace Petsakos.
Family and friends may call on Friday from 5-8 p.m. with a Trisagion service at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10-10:30 a.m. at the Peter Rossi & Son Memorial Chapel in Warren.
A service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church with Fr. Constantine Valantasis officiating.
Burial will be at Crown Hill in Vienna.
Family and friends may visit www.peterrossiandsonfh.com to view this obituary, to sign the guest book and to send condolences to the Liadis family.
Local memorial contributions can be made to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Steubenville, OH


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Seattle artist files suit over 'Angry Birds' toys for pets
August 7, 2014, 12:00 am TWN
SEATTLE--A Seattle artist who designed a line of plush toys for pets called "Angry Birds" is suing the company that sold them, saying it cheated her of millions of dollars when it reached a deal with the Finnish company that makes the insanely popular videogame of the same name.
Juli Adams designed her pet toy line for The Hartz Mountain Corporation of New Jersey in 2006.
The addictive "Angry Birds" video game launched in 2009. Adams' lawsuit says game-maker Rovio Entertainment wanted to market plush toys for dogs and cats based on the game, but it couldn't because Adams already had the U.S. trademark for "Angry Birds" pet toys.
She says Hartz apparently leveraged her trademark to persuade Rovio to grant it exclusive rights to sell pet toys based on the video game characters.
Hartz did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday.
An "Angry Birds" pet toy sold by Hartz Mountain Corporation and the original drawing by artist Juli Adams that it is based on, are shown Tuesday, Aug. 5 in Adam's art ...
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Parkview Restaurant Transforms itself into Big B Take-Out for a Great Cause
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Winnie and Marion enjoy a Big B Burger this past Saturday at Parkview Restaurant in Oxford to help raise funds for River Philip's Mike LeBlanc who is currently receiving treatment for esophageal cancer. The cost of Mike LeBlanc's treatment alone, excluding accommodations and travel expenses, is $40.000.00.
OXFORD- If you didn't know any better, you might have thought that you were transported back in time to the 1970s by the DeLorean time machine on Saturday.
For one day only, the Parkview Restaurant transformed itself into the Big B Take-Out to help raise money for River Philip's Mike LeBlanc. LeBlanc is currently in Ontario receiving treatment for esophageal cancer. The cost of Mike LeBlanc's treatment alone, excluding accommodations and travel expenses, is $40.000.00.
To date, approximately $10,000.00 has been raised by the local area for LeBlanc.
One of several former Big B employees who returned this past Saturday to Oxford to serve items off the original Big B menu was Debbie Seguin of Dartmouth.
Her father Cyril Mitchell, who died of esophageal cancer, was the original Big B owner. "The Big B was one of the take-out first restaurants of its kind, much like the A & W and the original Chicken Burger Restaurant in Bedford," stated Seguin. "My father invented the Pizza Burger back in the year 1974," stated Seguin.
From 1972 through the 1980s, the Big B was packed. "The parking lot was filled on Friday and Saturday nights," stated Seguin. "Cars even parked across the road," she added. "Rush hour those days was been 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm; supper time; between 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm; from 12:00 am and 2:00 am," stated Seguin.
Throughout the day, Seguin asked customers how they enjoyed the Big B Burger, the Take-Out Restaurant's signature burger. Back in August of 1972, the Big B Burger cost 45 cents while the Little B cost 35 cents. On Saturday, the Big B was selling for $4.29 as an extra dollar was added on for fundraising purposes.
As was the case during the Big B's heyday, orders were placed in box covers from the liquor store; before that, the IGA. "Mr. Swan would always save them for," stated Seguin. "We would use the box covers for bigger orders," she added.
One thing that was different on Saturday from the original Big B Take-out restaurant is the seating area enjoyed by modern day Parkview Restaurant goers.
Fifty-fifty tickets were also sold to benefit Mae and Mike LeBlanc who, according to a source, is responding well to his latest round of chemotherapy treatments.


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The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Phils. Inc. (FICCI) is one of the pioneer ethnic Chambers of Commerce in the Philippines, engaged in promoting the business and social interests of the Filipino – Indian Community in the Philippines. It has worked for the enhancement of relations and the integration of Indian business interests in the Philippine economy and society. It is one of the premiere business organizations in the Philippines.
FICCI started from a group of Indian businessmen drawn together in the spirit of brotherhood to establish ties with their homeland, the desire to render service to their countrymen, and their adopted country. It was formerly organized and registered in 1951 under the then American regime in the Philippines. It is one of the oldest Indian Chambers outside of India.
The nine pioneering business men who founded the chamber to facilitate their mutual integration with the local economy where Mr. Navalrai Jethmal, Mr. Genomal T. Verhomal, Mr. Hashumal Gianchand, Mr. Hemandas Vaswani, Mr. Gagoomal Assanmal, Mr. Chandumal Mirani, Mr.Bhojraj Hiranand, Mr. Ramchand Gopaldas and Mr. Kotumal Chelaram.
Today, as a formal organization, it represents the major business interests in the Filipino – Indian business sector and has been held in high esteem for its active involvement in the business sectors throughout the country.
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Hunter's breakfast
A Hunter's Breakfast will be served from 4:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, the first day of deer hunting season, at the Lion's Den in Sheffield. Cost will be $6 for the all-you-can-eat buffet.
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The Lutheran churches of Warren and Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church will hold a Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 306 Conewango Ave., Warren, at 7 pm. Wednesday, Nov. 21. The Rev. David M. Blank, senior pastor at First Lutheran Church, will preach, and the Rev. Beth Costlow, St. Paul Lutheran Church, will preside. The Rev. Matthew Scott, priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal, will serve as the cantor, and the Rev. Jeff Ewing, associate pastor at First Lutheran, will assist. The anthem will be presented by the combined choirs of the congregations under the direction of John Brustrom, choir director/organist at St. Paul. The public is invited.
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Winners in Monday evening duplicate bridge game at the YMCA on Nov. 12 were Beth Howe and Carol Lake, first, and Mary Conarro and Magda Fanaritis, second. On Nov. 19, winners were Joyce Davis and Janet Templeton, first, and a three-way tie for second between Mary Conarro and Dan Megill, Lana Creal and Doug Megill and Hal Conarro with Matt Oram.
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Pirate wrestlers: three champs
Three state wrestling champions, including one first-ever Vashon girls champ: thats the outcome of Vashon Island High Schools competition in the state tournament last weekend.
They were Sylvie Shiosaki, who defeated Sam Beckwith of Riverview in the 112 pound class; Sam Chapman, who overcame Lakesides Mike Baumgarden in the 103 pound class; and Adam Thalhofer, who beat Angel Ledezma of Royal in the 152 pound class.
And not to be sneezed at is the fact that Vashon sent 10 athletes to the competition in Tacoma at the Dome and grabbed nine medals.
On top of that, the boys ran up a new school record in points scored, 121.5, enough to place fourth in the ranks of 48 schools in play, and the girls placed sixth out of more than 70 schools competing.
Coach Anders Blomgren claimed, according to inside source Carl Blomgren, that this team exceeded Anders high expectations. They brought an exciting Vashon style of wrestling to every match. Theyre young and will be very good next year.
Carl Blomgren reports that when the season began, the Blomgren coaches speculated that their young team would do well to place in the top 10 of the 48 teams entered in the 1A State Mat Classic XX Championships.
Little did they hope to score 121.5 points, Carl Blomgren said, but when the 285-pounder competitors trudged off the mats on Saturday evening, only Lakeside, Orting and Royal high schools had scored more team points than had the Pirates.
Each of the 10 Vashon wrestlers had to win two out of a possible three matches on Friday to advance to the final round on Saturday.
All but one and he, Timmy Jovanovich, won a match by pinning his opponent qualified to continue on Saturday.
Both Chapman and Thalhofer won their remaining matches to become state champs. Rogen Lopez and Alex Stemer placed third; Eddie Protzeller and Quinn Patrick placed sixth; and Geran Webb placed eighth.
In the girls tournament, Shiosake won the championship while Madeleine Wolczko placed fifth. Both were coached by BJ Nelson.
Carl Blomgren summed up coach Per-Lars Blomgrens take on the team. Per-Lars, said Blomgren, claimed that this team improved more than any VHS team he and Anders have coached.
Chapmans last two matches were wrestled close to perfection. Thalhofer proved he could destroy his opponent in both wrestling and judo; a large part of his success comes in knowing how to shake his opponent like a ragdoll. Stemer came back from a loss in the second round to demolish his next three foes to take a well-deserved third place, as did Rogen Lopez. Eddie Protzeller had a great tournament in perhaps the toughest of all the weight classes. Quinn Patrick and Geran Webb won huge matches on Friday and together with Timmy Jovanovich improved tremendously during the course of the season.
During the season, both Shiosake and Wolczko showed they could wrestle with the guys, giving them a great advantage when they competed in the girls tournament.
This article was compiled and edited by sports editor Eric Horsting from information supplied by Carl Blomgren, a wrestling aficionado and father of two coaches.
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Vice President Joe Biden has been ridiculed and mocked by the Republicans with only slightly less gusto than President Barack Obama has been abused since both took office two years and 10 months ago.
But I suspect it won't be very soon before Joe will have been proclaimed a genius, a sage or a veritable Potomac Socrates by the same characters.
No more "foot in the mouth" jokes about the vice president, at least for the present, by the GOP. No, Biden's latest pronouncement will be twisted into the kind of pretzel logic that passes for Republican analysis in the low information era in which we live.
Here's what Biden had to say last week during an interview with Miami, Fla., radio station WLRN-AM.
"Even though 50-some percent of the American people think the economy tanked because of the last administration, that's not relevant. What's relevant is, we're in charge," said the vice president.
He went on: "And right now we are the ones in charge and it's gotten better but it hasn't gotten good enough. ... I don't blame them (the people) for being mad."
I am sure that Republicans everywhere who have felt oppressed living under the shadow of the George W. Bush years will feel emboldened to emerge into the sunshine of this sparkling new Joe Biden Tomorrow.
Maybe "oppressed" is the wrong word. I haven't really seen a great deal of shame out there anyway among Republicans for the rampant tax-cutting, spending sprees and deregulation mania that marked the berserk reign of our past 43rd president and his own delightful second banana, Dick Cheney.
Besides, whatever small residue of guilt members of the GOP might have suffered from has long since been shifted to Democrats in a monumental effort I like to call "Operation Memory Block."
Only a vast, unrelenting and remorseless Republican propaganda machine, aided by a culpable and cowering mass media, could produce the effect of transferring the bulk of the blame for the great crisis of this recession onto the backs and shoulders of the Democrats.
So, I suppose some congratulations are in order for the tireless toilers on the other side who have been busy as ever in their ongoing business of befuddling the public and soiling the waters of public debate.
Frankly, it is something of a political miracle that President Barack Obama isn't down by 20 or more percentage points in the public polls to his nearest rival for the 2012 election.
For that, too, I feel some thanks are due the Republicans. The GOP's continuing clown show and circus the disunited party has been holding in lieu of a primary battle among capable contenders has been a terrific distraction.
Alas, sometime in the future the excitement will die down and the most credible crackpot in the mix will emerge as the front-runner, at which point we'll get down to brass tacks.
Namely, who gets hammered for the responsibility for the ongoing recession.
And if you haven't picked up on the Republican game plan, shame on you.
Here's how the GOP's longest-running hit movie, "Operation Memory Block," works,
First, you must forget that between 2001 and 2006 there was a Republican executive branch, a Republican legislative branch and a simpatico Supreme Court that did all the damage.
Second, you must overlook the fact that the Democratic Congress of 2007-08 could not overcome anything the former Congress did because of George W. Bush's presidential veto.
Third, whenever you recall that over in the Senate of 2007-08 the Democrats held a bare bones majority, you must completely erase from your memory that it was always in jeopardy of a Dick Cheney tie-breaker if independent Joe Lieberman or any of the "Blue Dogs" left the fold, which was often.
Fourth, it is imperative that you always remember that the Obama presidency carried with it not only a repeat majority in the House, but a "super majority" of 60 votes in the Senate. Yes a "super" majority. Scary!
Fifth, you must NOT remember that this "super majority" depended on a handful of conservative Democratic senators, who often sided with Republicans, as well as the flighty Lieberman, who endorsed GOP nominee John McCain.
Sixth, you must believe with all your heart that the party majority always prevails in the U.S. Senate.
Seventh, in order to believe Rule Six, you must also forget the Democratic nonsense that the grossly misused filibuster rule and malicious delaying tactics in the Senate can and will obstruct vital legislation and confirmation of the president's appointees.
Eighth, under no circumstances must you recall that the Republicans, in winning control of the House of Representatives in 2010, can obstruct everything President Obama might wish to do.
And ninth, you must forget that if the House doesn't kill or water down any Democratic bill or initiative, the GOP Senate minority will find a way to do the same.
Back to Joe Biden.
I heard him. I know what he said.
He said the president and the Democrats are in charge of things.
He said that's more relevant than the percentage of those who blame the recession on Bush and the Republicans.
He said he understands why people are angry.
Operation Memory Block will require a few adjustments, as well as forgetting exactly what Biden really said, and remembering only what the many Republican mouthpieces TELL you he said:
The Democrats are in charge. They're responsible for the recession. They're the reason people are angry.
You must go to sleep, sleep, sleep.
Personally, I'd like to forget the Bush years. Then I wouldn't have any more nightmares.
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M. Thomas Inge, Ph.D. is the Robert Emory Blackwell Professor of English and the Humanities at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. A native of Newport News, Virginia, he received his B.A. degree in English and Spanish from Randolph-Macon College in 1959 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English and American literature from Vanderbilt University in 1960 and 1964 respectively. After teaching at Vanderbilt University, he became a member of the Department of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University from 1964 to1969, when he joined the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He served as Chair of the department from 1974 to 1980 and then was Head of the Department of English at Clemson University in South Carolina. From 1982 to1984 he was appointed Resident Scholar in American Studies by the U.S. Information Agency in Washington.
As a senior Fulbright Lecturer, Inge has taught at the University of Salamanca in Spain (1967-68) and at three institutions in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1971). On a third Fulbright appointment in 1979, he offered courses on American humor and literary regionalism at Moscow State University in the Soviet Union. As resident Scholar with USIA, he consulted and lectured abroad in eighteen countries, including France, Italy, Portugal, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the People's Republic of China. More recently he has lectured in Poland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Denmark, England, Germany, and the Czech Republic. At the invitation of the Gorky Institute, he returned to the Soviet Union to participate in conferences on Sholokhov and Faulkner and the works of Eudora Welty. He has led travel-study courses to the Soviet Union in 1988 and China in 1989, and in 1994 he taught at Charles University in Prague on a fourth Fulbright lectureship.
Among others, Inge teaches courses in American humor and satire and is the author or editor of over fifty books. His three-volume Handbook of American Popular Culture was cited by the American Library Association as an outstanding reference work in 1979 and was issued in a revised and expanded edition in 1989. In addition to his continuing interests in literature, Inge is also engaged in research on the history and development of American comic art, which resulted in his book "Comics as Culture."
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