I do agree that defined benefit pensions are going to be targeted, but right now only for ERB. PERA is doing much better, but ERB seems to have financial and corruption (pay to play) problems. Look for the legislature to change ERB if they don't get a handle on their fund.

The double dipping was started under the giuse of needing police officers. This is one of those funny things that no politician will ever go against senior citizens or public safety. I can tell you as a retired APD officer this was a shame. APD and other New Mexico police agencies had problems with recruiting. These problems stemmed from low morale, low pay, lack of leadership etc. They should never have been passed onto the PERA, pension fund. These agencies should have been forced to fix them and not dump them onto the retirement fund. Our legislature and governor should have reviewed this double dipping law, instead of rubber stamping it. Unfortunately our legislature and governor never want to be on the NO side of public safety, even when the law is a bad one. They are so scared about being reelected that they forget to do what is right. In the double dipping case, they harmed younger workers, out of work people and helped create more corruption.

I for one will not vote for anyone who appears to be more interested in reelection than in doing the public good. The first test will be if double dipping gets repealed. The second test will be if they make transparent the taxpayer funded pensions.