Judge Tara Flanagan of Oakland, CA; greedy ingrate

The state of California presented Tara Mary Ann Flanagan with a law license in 1998 after she graduated from Western State University College of Law.

In one matter, Tara and a group of other greedy and ungrateful judges filed a lawsuit against the California Public Employee Pension Board for denying them superior pension benefits after the passing of the Pension Reform Act of 2013 (“PEPRA”).

Tara and her band of losers sought declaratory relief and a writ of mandate by contesting the applicability  of the 2013 Reform Act to them. Subsequently, the case went before the First District Court of Appeal, which affirmed the trial court’s ruling. In its ruling, the Appellate Court stated in part:

• “Judges who were  who were elected in 2012 but did not take office until Jan. 7, 2013, are not entitled to the retirement benefits in existence when they were elected but, rather, to the less desirable ones put in place by legislation that went into effect Jan. 1, 2013.”
• “Among other things, PEPRA increases employee contributions, provides for fluctuating contribution rates based on market performance and actuarial projections, and bases the amount of monthly pension payments on an employee’s final three years of compensation, rather than on only the final year.”

Despite the obvious fact that she wasn’t entitled to the past more generous pension benefits, Tara the Ingrate had the chutzpah to argue that she should be able to participate in the more generous Judges’ Retirements System II benefits in effect when they were chosen to be judges in 2012.

What Tara the Moron conveniently fails to appreciate is that there is a distinct difference between being selected to be a judge and actually becoming one when the oath of office is taken.

As we speak (ca. July 2018), Tara the Ingrate continues to sit as a Alameda County Superior Court judge in Oakland, California.