A sign marks the offices of the Retirement Board of Allegheny County inside the County Office Building at 542 Forbes Ave. in Downtown Pittsburgh on June 18, 2026. (Justin Vellucci | TribLive)
It should not take an official ruling to realize that a pension needs to be kept sound.
A pension is a contract between employer and employee. The employee does the work, putting in time and money for years so that, when the time rolls around, there is a financial cushion to fall back on. It’s the employer’s job to keep that cushion stuffed with the requisite money…