Dirty pol's $75,000 pension riles DiNapoli Comptroller seeks new law to penalize convicted elected officials, others By JAMES M. ODATO, Capitol bureau Updated 07:53 a.m., Wednesday, January 4, 2012
ALBANY -— Disgraced and likely bound for prison after admitting he sold his office, former state Sen. Carl Kruger is ready to begin collecting his roughly $75,000-per-year pension — and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli isn't pleased.
DiNapoli said the Brooklyn Democrat, who pleaded guilty to four federal felonies last month, filed his retirement papers effective Jan. 14. The comptroller said Kruger's criminal actions were "a breach of the public's trust, but the state constitution prevents the forfeiture of his pension."
DiNapoli, who is also a Democrat, said he will be urging the Legislature to pass a law setting heavy penalties for elected officials, including Kruger and a host of others, who illegally benefit financially from their office...................>>>>.............>>>>...................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....61.php#ixzz1iUnZXsCT
And DV cheerleader for high taxes says about his buddy dem getting paid like this? Well?
Probably is saying "he deserves it, he earned it"
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Don't be fooled here. If NYS passes a law to penalize law breaking officials....it is only a money grab to put more money back into new york state's runaway pension fund. They have a runaway pension fund, that they created, and are now stuck between a rock and a hard place.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Don't be fooled here. If NYS passes a law to penalize law breaking officials....it is only a money grab to put more money back into new york state's runaway pension fund. They have a runaway pension fund, that they created, and are now stuck between a rock and a hard place.
yup.....they call it the podium voter puck.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The interesting part of this dilemma is that the politicians won't fix it because the unions will turn against them and vote them out of office if pensions are lowered or adjusted.
The interesting part of this dilemma is that the politicians won't fix it because the unions will turn against them and vote them out of office if pensions are lowered or adjusted.
A law that should have been implemented years ago!! OBVIOUSLY! This is what happens when the government gets into the 'employment' business. They can't run that either! That too eventually goes bankrupt.
How 'bout NYS start taxing the state workers pensions? Now that would be a novel idea......yes?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
another example of how once powwer is given to men to rule they will use abuse it
this whole notion comes from the old law that when some one was going to or coming from the Congress assembly they were to be unmolested in their travels that was in a different day.... they have preverted that into meaning they can do what ever they want the cats are out of the bag and the pandoras box of the ruling elite has been opened they will try but it is too late it is only a matter of time till governments dissapate
We didnt come this far to get this far. random 12 year old
A slave is someone that waits for someone else to free him. Ezra Pound
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