Delaware Politics- Chris Coons pension scheme revealed
Delaware Politics- Chris Coons- Pension
According to Ron Williams in The News Journal, when Chris Coons served as the President of the County Council, he diverted untold millions of taxpayer dollars as payoffs to his political buddies and top staff. Coons did this by exploiting a loophole in the county’s pension program.
The loophole was originally meant to attract new county police officers, but Coons decided to use it as a cash cow to pay off his political hacks:
It started as a legitimate way to recruit experienced cops onto the then-fledgling New Castle County Police Department. Municipal police officers with a few years service in say, Newport, could join the county force and get those Newport years credited toward a county pension. Then credited years were expanded into government service, still not a bad idea for high level, politically appointed executives who seldom accumulated enough time for a pension before the next administration came in. But then something went very wrong. The New Castle County pension plan became a cash cow for every political hack and hangers-on in various administrations. Come work for the county for a few years, purchase pension credits at your old lower salary at 5 percent on the dollar and retire at a nice fat pension on your new six-figure salary. (Ron Williams, Op-Ed, “NCCo Pension Plan Was The One To Die For,” The News Journal, February 14, 2007)
Coons likes to brag about how he closed the loophole, but, not surprisingly, he leaves out the embarrassing part where he grandfathered in his buddies, wasting untold millions of taxpayers hard-earned cash:
Coons Voted To Open A Pension Loophole That Would Have Allowed County Employees To Buy Into The Pension System, Or To Transfer Credit From Other Government Service.
Coons Has Closed The ‘Loophole’ That Contributed To That Burden. First, However, He Saw To It That His Buddies And Top Staff People — And All Six Of The New County Council Members And Their Staffs — Were Grandfathered Under That Loophole Which Has, And Will, Cost Taxpayers Millions Of Dollars.”
“No one knows how many times the County Pension Board rules have been changed to accommodate a particular employee who had political connections to a county executive or County Council. We do know that the so-called loophole has been opened and shut by at least three county executives. Coons was the latest to open it, in 2003. But he’ll also remind you that he closed it in December with needed refinements that make it work like a real pension plan. But those changes came after Coons made
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Three of Coons’ top staffers directly benefitted from this loophole. Each served less than 3 years with the County and retired with salaries above $125,000:
former chief administrative officer Dave Singleton is now collecting $36,600 in pension income
Three of Coons’ top staffers directly benefitted from this loophole. Each served less than 3 years with the County and retired with salaries above $125,000:
former Public Safety Director Guy Sapp is collecting $25,527 in pension income
Three of Coons’ top staffers directly benefitted from this loophole. Each served less than 3 years with the County and retired with salaries above $125,000:
former Special Services Director Rich Przywara will receive his pension at age 55 (currently he is 47) because the pension board applied years-of-service credit for his work time at West Chester (Pa.) University — formerly West Chester State Teachers College.
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Delaware Politics- Chris Coons uses pension loophole to direct millions of tax dollars to political buddies
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Okay News Journal shame on you, you hid this information from voters when this man ran for County Executive. I even voted for him believing he was honest. Had I know this inconvenient fact he would not have got my vote then, and you shills in the media are responsible for hiding the truth. Now he’s running for Senator. He will not get my vote this time. This is the reason the Democrat Party is becoming so corrupt, you enablers in the media ALLOW them to get away with stealing and THEN report the shit after the election. Legalized theft is still THEFT!
You should tie this issue to Social Security and ask if a man who mismanages a county pension fund is a good choice for fixing Social Security.
If CHRISTINE O’DONNELL is still considered a “witch”..(for being honest and hubmly repented for the wrong highschool activity she participated in, MANY years ago)…then WHAT is considered the DEMOCRATIC PARTY : THE DEVIL’s HEADQUARTERS???? YES!..it seems like that since ALL bad decisions happened and weakend the economy,the morality and strength of this great country!!! And it is happening under our nose!!??!! WAKE UP AMERICA!! VOTE/CHOOSE WISELY!!!
GOD still loved and prospered KING DAVID after one “devilish” action he made on his own,Yet….DAVID’s CHARACTER was after GOD and NOT THE DEVIL!!!!!!!(Read 2Samuel 11,12)