Local opinion on Legislative pensions & Quinn Bill

Recent Herald Polls:

Herald Pulse

Question of the week: Is it time to ax Quinn bill education bonuses for police officers for good?

78% - Yes

22% - No

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Last week’s question of the week: Should lawmakers get rid of a pension perk that allows state and elected employees to double their pensions if they are fired or lose their job abruptly?

Yes: 88 percent

No: 12 percent

Boston cop suspended for Statehouse ticket spree

Boston cop suspended for Statehouse ticket spree




BOSTON (AP) — A Boston police officer has been suspended for ticketing a slew of vehicles parked near the Statehouse on the same day the state Senate cut funding for a police education bonus program


Ed comment: Well, good for the department for doing the right thing.

Cop goes nuts over Quinn Bill

A Boston cop’s ticket-writing spree around the State House the same day senators slashed the controversial Quinn Bill police bonuses is being probed as a possible case of political payback.

Boston Police officer John P. Mullan slapped 15 tickets on windshields of cars that included some owned by legislative staffers in a blitz late Wednesday afternoon.

Mullan earned $110,000 last year, $13,000 of which was from his Quinn Bill education bonus. Good for the BPD for investigating. If he truly wrote bogus tickets as some sort of political protest, that is complete crap.




By Hillary Chabot
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_05_15_Politicians__cop_cuts_eyed_in_ticket_blitz:_Officer_wrote_up_15_at_State_House/


Mullan's made $13k for the Quinn Bill last year, and $25k for staring at yellow trucks and holes in the pavement.
http://www.bostonherald.com/projects/payroll/boston/last.ASC//mullan