#1 2011-01-18 18:54:00

Good evening

the Gov., Deval, has proposed pension reform III today. How does that affect your current police pooh-bah and his negotiations with the Town?

well, two provisions that your pal deval is seeking stand out.

1. No Spiking! Now, we are not talking about footballs in the end zone after scoring a TD. We are talking about the Stanleys of this world making a big score off of, yanow...YOU. Increases in the salary used for pension computation would be limited to 7% per year (plus inflation, if any). Question: if a police chief makes, say $135,000, north of Boston, is $80 -90,000 earned south of Boston more or less than 7%? this is NOT a trick question, but you may be tricked in the end.

Remember; prior pension reforms have already muddied the waters for the pension score that the SuperChief was planning for.

2. 3 gazinta 5. No, this is not long division. Deval wants the pension calculation to be based on the FIVE highest years of earnings, not three. Oh, Chief! How are you going to string out your combo deal for FIVE years? Yikes! curses, foiled again!

dudes & dudettes, here is the deal. Under the current rules, Stanley can score a pension that EXCEEDS his salary at the Town of North Andover. and, while the Town of wareham via the Plymouth County retirement System would not be on the hook for the full amount of that pension; THE TOWN WOULD HAVE A PENSION OBLIGATION FAR OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE NORM. In other words: Stanley is in the process of ripping you off, big time. And perfectly legal, under the current rules.

Who was on the BoS when this farce commenced? Who is still on the BoS as this farce plays out? Who is up for election this coming April?

Send a message. This kind of Bullshit is OVER. The BoS NEEDS to do the right thing. Vote to delete the remnants of the misguided thinking that brought you here. that's Bren-duh. that's Jane-on-the-wane.

Look. Stanley may be the greatest chief God ever created. He may have done super wonderful things in his 1-2 days a week in Wareham. But...

Isn't it time that the BoS gave the town a permanent Chief, through the type of open process which I have posted repeatedly as it happens in other Towns?

Isn't it time that the back room Bullshit ended, and transparency replaced the opaque nature of the BoS dealings in this & other matters?

Isn't it time for the the Wareham BoS to be dragged, kicking & screaming, into the 21st century?

It is your Town. It is your call. It is your responsibility to step up and demand better than what you have been given, better than that which you have become used to, and better than what you have lowered your expectations to.

Or, you can write a check to Stanley's retirement party now, knowing that your tax bill will be doing the same for many, many years.

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#2 2011-01-18 19:09:13

Right on Stewie!!

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