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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The most recent person to retire from the Easton police or fire department went at age 54 with a pension of $67,000 a year for the next 30 years, said Easton Mayor Sal Panto. “I call him my $2 million man, because that’s what it’s going to cost the taxpayers,” said the mayor. “His spouse gets 100 percent if he dies.” Panto joined the mayors of Bethlehem and Whitehall to explain the need to reduce the burden of pensions and binding arbitration on municipalities, during the monthly meeting of the Great Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce board of governors Monday afternoon in Hotel Bethlehem. Click here to read the article.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The most recent person to retire from the Easton police or fire department went at age 54 with a pension of $67,000 a year for the next 30 years, said Easton Mayor Sal Panto.
“I call him my $2 million man, because that’s what it’s going to cost the taxpayers,” said the mayor. “His spouse gets 100 percent if he dies.”
Panto joined the mayors of Bethlehem and Whitehall to explain the need to reduce the burden of pensions and binding arbitration on municipalities, during the monthly meeting of the Great Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce board of governors Monday afternoon in Hotel Bethlehem.
Click here to read the article.