After this column recently mentioned the state pension fix proposed by former Sterling attorney David Murray, the editor heard from some readers who still hold a grudge against the retired lawyer.

One called Murray a “hatchet man” who had been hired by many local school boards “to go after teachers during negotiations.”

Another reader, a retired teacher, wrote that Murray had once told teachers, in the midst of bargaining, that “if we wanted more money, we should get second jobs at McDonald’s.”