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- Why aren't those who work as "public servants" making or enforcing law such as sheriffs, law enforcement, DAs, judges, legislators, held to a significantly higher standard of behavior and required to serve much longer prison sentences than the general public.
They fully understand the law and their misbehavior is much more deleterious and corruptible to society in general. - Reply to this comment
- Unbelievable what these people can collect in pensions and apparently even when they steal.
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- TO ANYONE PLANNING TO VISIT FORT SMITH ARKANSAS ANYTIME SOON. BEWARE THE OFFICERS WRITE PROBABLE CAUSE LAWS FROM BEHIND THIER STEERING WHEEL AND MAKE UP EXSCUSES TO STOP ANYONE THEY THINK MAY BE WORTHY OF EXTRACTING A FEW DOLLARS FROM WHILE THEY TRAVEL THROUGH. THE TOURISM OF ARKANSAS IS FALLING FAST DUE TO THE REDNECK I GOTTA BADGE YOU DON'T ATTITUDE. FORT SMITH IS BEST VIEWED FROM THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. REMEMBER I WARNED YOU HERE FIRST.
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- I worked for the US Postal Service and the retirement plan was under Civil Service. a 29-year veteran employee was caught stealing TOILET PAPER! out of the bathrooms (didn't even bother with the unopened rolls) and lost his pension. The inspectors viewed it as stealing, which it was and he could have gone to jail. Instead, he lost a lot more than a few,"free" half rolls of toilet tissue. Bank robbers don't get to keep the money when they are caught, and this creep shouldn't either. The taxpayers should have something to say about thse pensions. In fact, any taxpayer funded pension or retirement plan should be public information since they pay for it.
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- by Al02bert July 13, 2010 12:08 AM EDT
As with any state or federal job. He paid payroll deductions for every year he was employed with the city. He should recieve his pension just as anyone of us who paid into the system. However, this does not excuse his reckless behavior.
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When a government employee betrays the public trust, he or she she should, by law, forfeit their pension benefits. Feel free to return their contributions to their pension funds. In most cases, government, using taxpayer money, pays the bulk of the pensions of government employees. The threat of losing pension benefits might keep some people honest. If it doesn't, we shouldn't be using taxpayer money to reward people for bad behavior. - Reply to this comment
- by Al02bert July 13, 2010 12:08 AM EDT
As with any state or federal job. He paid payroll deductions for every year he was employed with the city. He should recieve his pension just as anyone of us who paid into the system. However, this does not excuse his reckless behavior.
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When a government employee betways the public trust, he or she she should, by law, forfeit their pension benefits. Feel free to return their contributions to their pension funds. In most cases, government, using taxpayer money, pays the bulk of the pensions of government employees. The threat of losing pension benefits might keep some people honest. If it doesn't, we shouldn't be using taxpayer money to reward people for bad behavior. - Reply to this comment
- Not surprised! Our cities, our municipalities and school taxes our putting us in the poor house because of crap like this. Their pensions are entirely to rich, hence the deficits we are witnessing across the country. A $215,000 pension. Are you kidding me. Wait until his former employees have to aggree upon different terems for their future pensions(hopefully, he will be no where to be found.
So sick of people telling me that police take on alot of risk wityh their jobs. I agree, but we all make our own choices with careers and in some sort of way we all take risk. But this is the icing on the cake. $215,000 PENSION. Give me a break. Our country can't continue to support these rich packages and pensions that most of these corrupted unions get. - Reply to this comment
- As with any state or federal job. He paid payroll deductions for every year he was employed with the city. He should recieve his pension just as anyone of us who paid into the system. However, this does not excuse his reckless behavior.
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- Should public servants lose their pensions when they have been found guilty of a job related offense? If a person put in 15 years of honest public service and screwed up the last year, should it all be lost? Or should the pension be prorated to the years of honest service?
Or is the presumption that he was always crooked but managed to evade detection for all those years until eventually being caught? - Reply to this comment
- The dirtiest of the dirtiest crooks are always found behind the badge and/or desk. NO surprise there.
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