http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=225081822 Michael H. Granof is a professor of accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, holding joint appointments in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the McCombs School of Business. http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/col-state-local-government-misguided-pension-reform.html Pressure is building for state and local governments to switch their workers to defined-contribution retirement plans. But defined-benefit plans have advantages that should not be ignored.