TO THE EDITOR: Candidate says Taylor mayor is not telling truth about treasurer?s pension

To the Editor: To the residents of Taylor, a few weeks ago I sent a letter to the editor in response to lies that were being told by one of the candidates regarding benefits I would receive if elected treasurer. Now, Mayor Jeffrey Lamarand wrote a letter to the editor basically saying I was lying and that I will receive pension enhancement and lifetime health care if elected.

The letter he wrote is a blatant lie. Any newly elected or appointed officials are no longer eligible to receive a pension or health care in retirement. The only benefits the new mayor, clerk or treasurer will receive is compensation and health care while they are in office.

The City Council voted in 2011 to remove the pension and lifetime health care for all newly elected officials. I have served this community for 16 years and I am always truthful with you. Two councilwomen voted to leave the benefits in; I joined the four other council members in voting to remove them.

Listed below is the amended section of the Taylor Code Ordinance that was adopted Aug. 2, 2011. Section 2-80

(a) says: ?No elected or appointed official shall increase their accrued pension benefits, including their final average compensation for pension purposes, if elected or appointed to a different elective office after July 19, 2011. Such personal service rendered in this different elective office shall not be credited to that individual's service credit account for any pension benefit purpose, including any increase in his/her final average compensation and/or any and all pension benefits.?

I ask that you continue to believe in me and elect me as your treasurer.

Jacklyn Molner

Taylor councilwoman

(Editor?s note: Councilwoman Jacklyn Molner is one of three candidates running for the Taylor treasurer?s post in Tuesday?s primary election. The two highest vote-getters will move on to the Nov. 5 general election. Her letter to the editor is in response to a recent letter from Mayor Jeffrey Lamarand that appeared in The News-Herald Newspapers.)

Source: http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2013/08/04/opinion/doc51fbc97a313a3740455902.txt

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