Scott Walker Scores...Against His Own Team
In an unsurprising move, the actuarial firm Mercer Human Resource Consulting is claiming it’s not at fault for the
What is eye-opening is that in filings with a federal court this week, Mercer cites statements made by Scott Walker during his 2005 budget address to help bolster its defense.
In the address, as usual,
Well done, Scott. Hope those comments scored some good political points for you.
It probably took Mercer days to wade through all the Ament and county employee bashing
Despite the help by
As one of the Mercer actuaries explained later, he decided to stay silent while then-County Personnel Director
In fact, and this is the real kicker, another one of the Mercer actuaries did essentially tell the board at a meeting that the plan would be cost-neutral.
According to the meeting transcript, Mercer actuary Glenn Soderstrom told the board: “There is some degree of uncertainty, but I am convinced I will never come to you and tell you, ‘Supervisor, please pony up $20 million next year.’ You would have the right to kick me in the rear end on that account because I think we would have warned you about the potential and surprises.”
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