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Police officials' pensions to rise
Salary bumps for assistant chiefs in Schenectady will count at retirement time
By Lauren Stanforth
Published 09:44 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2012

SCHENECTADY — Last year, as acting mayor, Gary McCarthy renegotiated employment agreements with the city's assistant police chiefs in the wake of a pension-padding controversy surrounding the retirement of Fire Chief Robert Farstad.

McCarthy has said he eliminated retirement payouts in favor of higher salaries to make the budget process easier and more transparent.

But the new assistant chief contracts also wind up increasing their pensions....................>>>>..............>>>>.......Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Police-officials-pensions-to-rise-3442516.php#ixzz1qVAyNOEe

We wonder what Brucker's take (or pop) on Seber's push (or pull) is.

Any ideas?

Watch dV and his imaginery friend ham and the other imaginery friends pop in here saying that the Schdy cops and their leaders are:

--entitled to substantially more pay

--entitled to avoid living in the city (thus avoid living in the midst of burned out houses, avoid living in drug and crime infested neighborhoods)

--entitled to be provided with expensive SUV's and be allowed to take their daily pleasure drives far outside the city---all paid for by the financially struggling homeonwers

--entitled to go watch their children bowl while on the taxpayers dime

--entitled to choose to move to where propety values increase

--entitled to choose to move to where the taxes are low


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