As the legislature winds down, it appears that the two bills attacking the LEOFF 1 pension system (SB-5085 and HB-2034) have failed to pass and are now dead-at least in this session. Thank you for all your calls and messages to your representatives opposing those bills. The legislature is instructing the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study the issue. Hopefully that committee will work with the LEOFF 1 organizations and other stakeholders to find a resolution to the recurring efforts to merge or terminate the LEOFF 1 pension. In defeating the pension bills, recognition has to be made to Michael Duchemin, president of the Retired Firefighters of Washington and Dennis Lawson, president of the Washington State Council of Firefighters along with their lobbyist Al Johnson for their tireless work in opposing the bills.