I have an idea.  How about the public employee unions that claim their primary interest are the children, the seniors they serve, etc. renegotiate the PERS Tier 1 package?  Maybe in the process the "old guys" could pull some  of the younger employees that are now on the "PERS light" plans out from under the bus where they threw them to protect their own benefits.  My guess is probably not.   Read the article about the depth of the problem.  The money the unions claim Measure 97 will generate will be sucked up by PERS over the next 3 bienniums with minimal to no additional teachers or services.