PERS is a curse, in many ways, for us Oregonians.
Yes, that’s a sweeping statement, but it’s generally true for all of us, even those who directly benefit from the state’s public pension plan.
Any citizen who’s been paying attention knows that the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System is in deep financial trouble and that means each of us, individually, is too.
Last week a task force created by Gov. Brown to come up with…