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Thursday, 17 July 2014
Burn down a school? Retire and collect your full pension!
Annals of public employee unionistas — Edison, NJ Edition.
The custodian facing charges for allegedly starting a fire that burned down an Edison elementary school has retired.
Jerome Higgins confirmed by phone to The Star-Ledger that he no longer works for the school district. He declined to comment further, saying, "I'm not at liberty to speak."
Board of education members accepted Higgins' resignation at a special meeting Tuesday night, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com. The resignation was effective as of June 30.
Higgins, 48, of East Brunswick is eligible for a pension since he has worked for the district for more than 25 years. He was paid $68,708 in 2012, public records indicate.
The county prosecutor charged Higgins improperly discarded a cigarette on March 22, igniting a fire that destroyed James Monroe Elementary School. No one else was in the building when the blaze broke out on March 22, a Saturday.
In the Real World, if you burn down your place of employment, you're fired.
But the public employee unions don't operate in a sane universe; they only care about their own, children be damned.
Because, the union will say, Mr. Higgins will be "punished." With a slap on the wrist.
Higgins is due in court Sept. 5. He could be fined $500 and receive 30 days in Middlesex County jail if he is convicted.
He's 48 years old, and now retired. For $500 bucks, and maybe 30 days in jail, he'll live large on the taxpayer's dime for the next 40 some odd years. Meanwhile the good people of Edison will have to build a new school on top of paying for pyro-man's cushy retirement.
Your tax dollars at work.
Posted at 23:01 by Chris Wysocki
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