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All Politics are Local
GOP Lawmakers Enrolled in Pension Plans Despite Objections
By John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader and John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader and John Cheves
Campaigning for the Kentucky House last year, Brian Linder said state lawmakers do not need public pensions. This year, newly elected state Rep. Brian Linder, R-Dry Ridge, has joined other legislators in the $63 million Legislators Retirement Plan. What happened? Linder and several other conservatives elected to the General Assembly in November said they belatedly learned that lawmakers legally cannot reject their pensions