By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square), includes “Plano, the only city in Texas to earn a B grade, is classified as a ‘Sunshine city’ because of its $2,800 taxpayer surplus and well-funded retirement benefits. ‘Most cities handle their retiree health care benefits essentially on a pay-as-you-go basis … ’ TIA notes. ‘Plano is an exception to this rule with 87 percent of its promised retiree health care benefits funded.’ Plano’s officials ‘have truly balanced their budgets,’ TIA said …”