Claim: Says he "is the only candidate in the race for Clackamas County Chair who will refuse to join the Public Employees Retirement System."
Fact-check: Is John Ludlow the only candidate in the race to refuse to join PERS and can he? 
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2012-05-08T00:00:00