Mayor critical of village pensions "we just can't afford" - is collecting 4 pensions worth 142k

[The Straight Story]

(IL)
Oak Brook mayor, wife collect $142K from 4 pensions
Craig has been critical of village pensions "we just can't afford"


Oak Brook Village President John Craig portrays himself as a fiscal conservative who favors privatizing more of the fire department and laying off firefighters to scale back costs for salaries and for pensions ”we just can't afford.”

But at the same time, Craig and his wife together collect four public pensions totaling about $142,000 a year, and he stands to add a fifth government pension when he retires from his current job with the state of Illinois, a Better Government Association/Daily Herald investigation reveals.

Craig receives two public-sector pensions — one for his days as a Chicago Public Schools teacher and another for his time as a Cook County sheriff's officer. Together, they pay him more than $92,000 a year, according to pension records and interviews with Craig and other public officials.

Craig, 76, acknowledged that he stands to collect a third public pension when he retires from his current job: a $63,000-a-year post with the Illinois secretary of state's office.



Read more: http://dailyherald.com/article/20110110/news/701119867/#ixzz1Akjw7owd

[BrklynLiberal]

1. The article does not mention it, but I would bet that sleazy hypocrite is a repuke.

[TwilightGardener]

2. What a total asshole.

[Lindsay]

3. That's different.

He earned those pensions, unlike all the other slackers who think they should get something for nothing.

:sarcasm:

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. They're such hypocrites, aren't they?

Trust me. He will insist that he worked and earned that money.