Library Board Member Rips Off Public by $22,000 per Year in Excess Pension Benefits

Thanks to Blake at LISNews, I have become aware of this:

• Increasingly Light Library Board Duty Doubled Pension of Former Senator, by Blake, LISNews, 2 July 2009.


• "Increasingly Light Library Board Duty Doubled Pension of Former Senator," by Sean P. Murphy, The Boston Globe, 11 February 2009.


• "Report: Former Senator Pads Pension As Volunteer," by WBZTV, WBZTV, 11 February 2009.


• "Ex-State Senator Brennan Waives Pension Benefit; Sought Credit as a Malden Library Trustee," by Sean P. Murphy, The Boston Globe, 4 April 2009.

The guy showed up for his "volunteer" position at the Malden Public Library Board of Trustees six times in four years. As a result, he enriched himself by $21,991 per year in extra pension benefits, more than doubling his state pension!

When he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, he "volunteered" again! He voluntarily gave up the excess pension and repaid the related payments already received.

Do you think during those four years he might have cared less about the safety of children in that public library?

.