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Senator Larry Means was the one raising hell about the out of state contractor getting the work on Interstate 59 in Etowah County. The reason – Means was and probably still is, on McCartney Construction’s payroll. He wanted the big bucks to go to himself and his buddies at McCartney. Means needs to go back to taking kickbacks from Merchants Capital!
…nearly $12 million in kickbacks from Nationwide Retirement Solutions to the Alabama State Employees Association…
how much went into Mac McArthur’s pocket?
why does Mac have two reserved parking spaces close to the State House?
why does Mac have state retirement with RSA?
why does Mac have state insurance through AEA?
#2 I just love having to park blocks away from the statehouse & walk by Mac’s 2 reserved spots, when his office is only a block away. I guess he’s too busy counting the $375K he swindled out of state employees’ deferred comp payments.
#1 and #2. The $6 million they seem eager to repay does not begin to touch the amount of money they took away from the people they are supposed to be looking out for. It also does not touch the excess profits that Nationwide made because ASEA allowed them to levy outrageously high fees on the state employees who participated in this program.
Perhaps a better way of calculating the amount ASEA and Nationwide should repay would be to look at standard fees, such as those of Vanguard, which run about .0029% on index funds. Vanguard makes a profit on that amount. I would bet that the PEBSCO fees average closer to .01%, about three times what Vanguard charges. These fees are levied each year on all the savings state employees have built up in their deferred comp accounts. They are not just charges when you buy or sell.
My guess would be that the excess fees charged by Nationwide runs into tens of millions of dollars. Has anyone seen figures on the total amount of money state employees have invested in the PEBSCO funds? That figure would help in running calculations.
OC, your post shows you obviously have an axe to grind with Mcarthur that goes way deeper the Nationwide deal. You should call 911 and tell them about those parking spaces.
Good to see the MOWA are getting some help. Federal recognition has been something they’ve sought for a long time.
who gives Mac and his dad those reserved spaces … the city, the legislature, or some other entity?
I’m guessing the legislature
do any other “associations” have reserved street parking across from the state house?
Mac could use the one block walk from his office
the state insurance and state retirement seem criminal … absolutely ridiculous
#7 the City of Montgomery doles out reserved parking.
Mac needs two spaces, one for him and the other for the person bringing his kickback.
watchingeyes,
regarding reserved, on-the-street parking around the state house– is this your guess or a statement of 100% fact?
The City of Montgomery does, in fact, give those spaces out because they have to give up metered parking in order to do so. ASEA first got its spaces when Emory Folmar was mayor, and both Bright and Strange have continued the practice. Mac’s elderly father is a tour guide at the Capitol and parks in one of the ASEA spaces almost daily.
why the heck would the city give ASEA (or any other association, union, etc) two parking spots?
shame on Folmar, Bright, and Strange
Now wait a second, I thought those Bingo Halls were legal?