Oink, Oink

How or why can anyone justify adding to fmr. Senate President Billy Bulger's pension? Treasurer Tim Cahill announced yesterday that retired college Presidents would be receiving substantial increases in their pensions.... even thought they don't need it.

According to Cahill, the five-member state Board of Retirement will meet Thursday to take up requests from 16 retired and active college presidents seeking to benefit from former University of Massachusetts President William M. Bulger's legal victory in November to boost his pension by $17,000.
Former Holyoke Community College President David M. Bartley and former Springfield Technical Community College President Andrew M. Scibelli applied to increase their annual pensions by between $12,000 and $15,000, Cahill said. The board will probably vote unanimously to approve the requests, along with similar bids by other current and former college presidents, Cahill said.

"I don't think any of them need it," Cahill said. However, he added, "It's certainly theirs as much as it was Bulger's."

Bartley's current pension is $137,566; Scibelli's is $136,522.

Tiny Tim..... if they don't need it, THEN STEP IN AND TELL SOMEONE THAT! I thought this state was a little strapped for cash or is it only strapped for cash whenever someone other than a Democrat needs some extra dough in their retirement fund? Kind of like how we were strapped for cash when Mitt Romney wanted to use State Police helicopters to help local police in Boston and the state legislature turned around and said the idea was nuts because we didn't have the money to do it. Deval Patrick suggested doing the exact same thing the other day and now he's a genius.

I'm seriously beginning to question the sanity of the people of this state that they'll just let their public officials not only enforce a ridiculous double standard, but steal this much from tax payers. This is a complete travesty and level headed (and even some not so level headed) people everywhere should be appalled.