Former King County Sheriff and Congressman Dave Reichert is now helping lead a legal fight against state lawmakers over a controversial pension proposal.
Reichert told me roughly 5,500 retired first responders have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking House Bill 2034, which would redirect more than $550 million from the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Firefighters’ Retirement System Plan 1, commonly known as LEOFF 1, to help address other state budget needs.
“My first reaction is, as a retired cop, it’s illegal,” Reichert explained to KIRO Newsradio. “What they’re doing now is prohibited by other laws, federal and state laws. So, and this is not a new thing. They’ve been trying to do this since about 24 or 25 years ago. They tried to do it last year. They tried to do it other years, and we’ve had to file lawsuits in the past.”…