Copping a Free Lunch
Here's some more dirt on our good friend, Chief Robert Crowley, of the Quincy Police Department, whom we met in this previous post.
Massachusetts City Pays Police Chief To Read Magazines
OK, figuring for a 5-day work week (and a MINIMUM of three weeks yearly vacation/sick time), this jackoff is sucking the taxpayers' tit for more than $30 a day for lunch. Where's he eating? Maison Robert?
No. Fucking. Shame.
And nearly $20 in magazines "read" every day? I don't think so. This is nothing short of embezzlement of taxpayers' money, all legally perpetrated under the guise of "fair contract" negotiations by greedy, overpaid, union bosses.
Remember this the next time some disgruntled Bay State liberal whines in your ear about Massachusetts cities and towns having to lay off teachers, police officers, and firefighters, and tries to blame it on Governor Romney's recently proposed budget cuts.
The money's getting out there to these communities. It's utter, unconscionable bullshit like this that's preventing it from going to where it's truly needed.
Massachusetts City Pays Police Chief To Read Magazines
If there's one thing better than a free lunch, it's getting paid for it.
And Quincy Police Chief Robert F. Crowley does - nearly $150 a week.
He also gets paid to "read" - $91 a week, to cover the cost of reading material related to law enforcement work.
Those are two of the more unusual benefits that swell the paychecks of Crowley and the department's 49 superior officers and 153 patrolmen and detectives, in some cases boosting their annual pay by tens of thousands of dollars.
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Crowley, for example, is paid a base salary of $94,981, plus an additional $56,518 in perks, for a total of $151,499. Some of the benefits are well known, such as money for educational advancement, popularly known as the "Quinn Bill" benefit. Crowley receives $34,736 under this provision passed by the Legislature.
But other payments for Quincy's officers, such as for reading, lunch, longevity, and clothing, are little known outside the Police Department.
The reading benefit is less than a decade old, said officials. Officers are paid to keep current with state law and police issues, although no one checks to see what, if anything, is purchased. All officers receive extra for uniforms. Longevity pay, which ranges up to $1,500, is based on the number of years served.
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The amount paid in some benefits varies among department employees because it is based on hourly wages. Crowley, the chief, receives $7,747 a year for lunch, $4,749 for reading, $1,500 for longevity, and $975 for uniforms.
OK, figuring for a 5-day work week (and a MINIMUM of three weeks yearly vacation/sick time), this jackoff is sucking the taxpayers' tit for more than $30 a day for lunch. Where's he eating? Maison Robert?
No. Fucking. Shame.
And nearly $20 in magazines "read" every day? I don't think so. This is nothing short of embezzlement of taxpayers' money, all legally perpetrated under the guise of "fair contract" negotiations by greedy, overpaid, union bosses.
Remember this the next time some disgruntled Bay State liberal whines in your ear about Massachusetts cities and towns having to lay off teachers, police officers, and firefighters, and tries to blame it on Governor Romney's recently proposed budget cuts.
The money's getting out there to these communities. It's utter, unconscionable bullshit like this that's preventing it from going to where it's truly needed.
