He testified if Ferguson was all that concerned about the pension board, he could have come up and asked his questions.
Belyea said, “If you're going to shoot your mouth off like that and I can't say anything to you directly, I have a real problem with that.
He told the court if Ferguson was going to take a roundabout way of calling him a criminal, Ferguson should have gone up to the pension board and made the comments face to face.
Earlier the court heard from pension administrator Andrea Cain, who said she wasn't aware of any trustees receiving training in actuarial science, as was recommended by an independent report. Defense lawyer Rod Gillis said that shows the board simply accepted whatever figures it was given without doing its homework.
