wow...
I hope the FReepers read your entire excellent post.
Here is the guy who is the only hero in this. At least he is trying to give back to the community:
(from your article...)
After 20 years as a state Supreme Court justice, Lawrence Yetka stepped down in 1993. He gets $10,001 a month, a pension he considers so generous that it led to him volunteering as a substitute judge in retirement.
“It was a very, very welcome surprise,” he said of his monthly benefit. “I volunteer my services to make up for that. I didn’t think that I should be paid separately for sitting on the bench [while] drawing a pension of that amount.”
Omodt, who served 28 years as Hennepin County sheriff, said much of his pension money has gone to caring for his now-deceased wife and his children.
While that “sounds like a lot of money,” Omodt said, “there was hardly a Saturday or Sunday that I didn’t work. So I think I gave back a lot to the citizens.”
A $10,000 per month hero.
Heh, he makes $10,000 a month and he gives back by being a substitute judge......... Give me a break. He is trying to justify his outrageous pension by going down to the courthouse once a month. And he says he cares for his family with the money. LOL. This guy is a dick. He should have just said that MN offered him the money and now he is collecting, end of story.