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OPEN LETTER

To:       Cathy Hackett, CalPERS Board Candidate
From:   Ken Hamidi
Date:    November 23, 2009
RE:       You must be joking...

Dear Ms. Hackett,

Local 1000 passed along your campaign message, which you'll find below.

You have asked me to pass your message along to others and I will gladly do that.  I corrected a few minor discrepancies and made a few comments, you will find them in red.

For greater publicity I will post this message on SHOUT TV's website:  www.shouttv4u.com, to help your campaign further I will put a link on CPPEA's website too: www.cppea.org.

I will urge our viewers to read your message before they mail their ballots. 

Always at your service,

Ken Hamidi

Interim President of CPPEA

 

 

Local 1000 is passing along this message we just received from the Cathy Hackett campaign in regards to the CalPERS election.

Local 1000 endorses Cathy for the CalPERS Board.

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I have called for regulation of outside investors to protect members from the activities of any unscrupulous staff and former board members who take money from the retirement funds of CalPERS members. Former board member Alfred Villalobos and current board members are under investigation for taking payoffs.

Cathy, I am proud of you, you proved that even you, after that many years of abusing union funds can be rehabilitated.
 
I will work to stop those practices by increasing the regulations of money managers who attempt to trade on their insider connections to get rich when CalPERS members' funds are taking incredible losses. It is time to stop the inside deals and work with state and federal authorities to protect the retirements of public employees from shady deals.

That is awesome, Fox to Guard the Henhouse.  You and Andy Stern are brilliant!
 
It is time to keep money managers honest so CalPERS members can have a safe, secure retirement

When it comes to honesty, only you, Yvonne Walker, Jim Hard, and Andy Stern can be the authority!
 
It should come as no surprise that J J Jelincic is opposed to regulating the insider investment schemes that have plagued CalPERs and contributed to the dramatic decline in our retirement funds. As a lifetime investment insider, he is apparently opposed to legally protecting the CalPERS members from such insider dealings as have recently come to light. That is understandable.

Andy Stern believes that you will be his private insider wizard at CalPERS Board, he has no idea that he is planting a Saint in the CalPERS Board.
 
He is endorsed by outgoing board member Chuck Valdes who is caught up in the investigation of former board member Alfred Villalobos. Mr. Villalobos has made more than $70 million trading on his insider connections at CalPERS. Villalobos and Valdes are under investigation for possible insider influence on a variety of investment schemes that occurred during Mr. Jelincic's time as an investor at CalPERS. 
 
Why is Jelincic confusing the issue of regulating the behavior of money managers, CalPERS Board members and staff with allowing politicians to take our hard earned retirement funds? Is he confused or is he trying to confuse others?  He was quoted in the LA Times as saying that this is just business as usual. Why does he want to avoid tough regulations?
 
I have a Masters Degree in Public Administration, over a decade of experience examining multi-billion dollar budgets, and twenty-five years of experience fighting for our retirement and health care. I support stopping the practices that have damaged CalPERS by advocating for increasing the regulation of money managers who attempt to trade on their inside connections to get rich.  Its time to stop the inside deals and work with state and federal authorities to protect the retirements of public employees from shady deals.

You forgot to mention your PHD in Cooking Books and Creative Accounting.  How about over a decade experience of being Treasurer of Local 1000 with zero transparency and zero accountability! 
 
If you want to stop the business as usual of insider trading at CalPERS member's expense, if you want someone who isn't fooled by double-talk, if you want CalPERS to focus on solid investment for long-term stability, I ask for your vote. 

Ms. Dishonesty, you are seriously suffering from the Head In The Sand Syndrome.  If you take your head out of the sand and look at yourself in the mirror, you will laugh at yourself like we are laughing at your pathetic message right now.  

Thank you.
www.hackett4calpers.org


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