This is classic double-dipping. They should not be allowed to received both a pension and a salary from taxpayers. It's disgraceful. If they retired, they retired, they should not be doing essentially the same job again and collecting a second salary. Give the jobs to someone who needs them!

Its wrong, wrong, wrong!!
Robin

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What a racket !!

They did a job and earned a pension. Why does everyone feel they shouldn't have the right earn a living working in a totally different field? This is what's wrong with news reporting today. It doesn't report the whole story. It only reports the one that with a giant hole in it. I beat that with a little digging around we'll find the story was influenced by Democratic party of the county. Which is why I hate both parties. They both pull this kind of...STUFF.
These men left jobs as police officials, that they earned, to take jobs as elected officials. And that's exactly what they are elected official. Serving for a set period of time. Then you have to vote them back in. Double dipping is when someone gets a pension from one job & gets another job in the same pension. That's not what's happening here. They get pensions as cops but are working under a elected official's job & pension system. If you get a pension from Coke you can go to Exxon and work with no issues. If they all worked as garbage men and retired. Then were elected Sheriff, would that bother anyone? Probably not. But it should. Because that's double dipping.
This article doesn't mention all the politician of the state that get a pension from the same system that they are holding a job in. That's double dipping. Gov. Christie put an end to this. Wait. No he didn't. He band it in the future but gave exemption to anyone who is currently double dipping. Why was that not a big article?

CEO's of todays gov't. Why does the sheriff need that many undersheriff's at such high salaries and they just happened to be retired public employees? And to top it off, they get to wack the public twice by receiving a salary and a pension at the same time? As a public worker, you should not receive a pension while you are also on the payroll. If you are on salary, you are not retired. And being an elected offical should not matter. Now you can see why the general public is outraged and fed up.

Here is the problem with this system, it is absolutely ridiculous to understand. Let me 1st state I am not criticizing or minimizing the role or services of Police Officers, my son is a PO. The defined benefit system for which the State continues to operate is an outdated system which S&P 500 changed. They changed it because they would not be able to compete in the market place and cost of benefits would have skyrocketed...But in the Public sector not only do they have a Pension Plan the also contribute tax deductible dollars to a 457 plan. The Pension System is solely driven on revenue collected by tax dollars and contribtuion are made based on actuarial data, so as interest rates fall and pension funds can not meet the minimum needed to support the plan, two things occur the 1st is greater contribution amounts needed by the State, the 2nd would be greater risk in the seperate account where the funds are kept...In the profitable years when the State pension system was earning a higher rate of return, the BRAINCHILDS in Trenton forfeited depositing money into the fund, using accounting gimmicks to forcast higher rates of returns, what did it lead to...a 54 billion dollar deficit...That was the Whitman Administration that was responsible for that blunder. Bottom line these government services should now have defined contribution plans, the days of defined benefit plans is over. Unmanageable.

I agree with REResident. I don't like the idea of an individual double dipping. They may be triple dipping if their collecting social security.Look, I'm sure arguments can be made pro and con.

I think there are 2 different issues here.

Are the jobs these guys are doing unnecessary? If so, the jobs should be eliminated. This is separate from whether or not the person performing the job is earning a pension from a previous job.

Are the jobs necessary but they are being overpaid? That's easy to correct also.

If the job is necessary and that is the market salary level, how exactly is the public being hit twice? If they weren't doing the job, someone else would be needed to do the job while the pension is still being paid as agreed.

So, if you are a retiree collecting social security AND working at the local grocery store you're categorized as a 'double dipper'? Stealing a job from someone who needs it because you already collect money from social security?

How about an article about teachers collecting pensions then going off to work as teachers in another district?

This is very Old News. Does the pension system for ALL employees need to be changed, absolutely. However, you are missing the point. NONE of these men are doing anything wrong (or illegal). They are following an obsolete system. Which started for many of them over 30 years ago. That was a time we all got full medical insurance at our jobs. at no cost, remember?
These are highly experienced Law Enforcement officers, that's what got them elected. Do we want to eliminate experienced law enforcement officers from running for public office? When this occurred same scenario happened 20 years ago (and you all know it did), no one even blinked!

Instead of saying you don’t like it now, get the system changed, instead of trying to vilify them and besmirch their characters.

@ Michael no one is vilifying anyone...the system is unsustainable...what you are witnessing in Greece will eventually find its way here give it time...

This system was put place when public employees earned much less than the public sector. Since public employees now earn 25-30% more than comparable private sector jobs the system must be amended accordingly.

I see two systematic problems:

a) I'm thinking you are EITHER a public employee OR a public retiree - can't be both (applies to teachers as well). One income should be applied against the other.

b) If they are able to retire THAT young that they can start an entire second career - then is the retirement age for public servants the SAME range as for the private sector. What is now -- 67 for full benefits?

I agree that our public employees need to receive attractive/competitive compensation - but the total value of the compensation (incl. paid sick/vacation days that can be accumulated, pension system, family health insurance coverage, tenure, etc.) has to me measured against a comparable job in the private sector so that the cost is sustainable for the taxpayers that are being served.

Double Dipping goes far beyond this topic see LINK on source of funding: CLICK Here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7jw5yRDDCI View it all

People in the private sector who make this kind of money have to deal with very stressful jobs, self-financed retirement plans, long hours, and worst of all, an environment where you are vulnerable to the loss of that job at any time.

Let's also not forget that the double dippers probably used their connections and relationships built up during the life of their first position in the public sector to acquire their second, post-retirement jobs. Sweetheart deals based on who you know, family relationships, buddy systems. (In private corporations, you typically can't hire your friends, relatives and neighbors, as I see so often in New Jersey towns.), That's the other reason why retired public employees should not be given another, similar job in the same town or county, regardless of their "experience" or qualifications. I agree that if they want to start a new "career", then they should do so in the private sector. (Further, don't they acrue new sick days, vacation days, etc in the second public sector job? Perhaps even add more to their pension benefits? It's outrageous.)

Because it is a public pension, the criteria is flawed. It's really no different than a PO doing 20-25&out, then taking another job while collecting his/her pension. Maybe if the pension was replaced with a defined contribution plan versus a defined benefit plan, the person would not drain their own well until they reached their retirement years.

On the subject of double-dipping, that would be more like what happened in Essex County http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2011/03/24/new-story/ . Basically, if you retire from your employer, you can not collect a pension AND be paid by your former employer.

The remedy would be to have ALL public employees pay into their pensions, just like the private sector. Then if they retire and take another Public job, it is their money that is used, not the taxpayers. Again, you can't retro fit this, but you can change it going forward.

Hey Michael , they already pay into their pensions...every month taken from paychecks.

Hey Governor Christie.....are you listening???

Mr.Saudino earns $76,000.00 more per year than Eric Holder,Attorney General of U.S....do the math....

So fire them all.

But it won't save taxpayers a dime.

Thats assuming that these functions are needed. If not, thats a whole different story. If they are overpaid, thats a whole different story as well.

But thats not what this story is about.

I don't have a problem with having a job while taking a pension. I DO think that local, state and county pensions are too lucrative though. 1/2 to 3/4 pay is too much for any gov't employee except for Firemen, Police and Emergency Services people. The military who serve in War don't get 1/2 pay after 20 years even though everyone thinks they do. Military pensions are based on 1/2 of "BASE PAY" which is only approx. 36% of total compensation. Civilian "Bureaucrats" and a lot of teachers get high pensions for relatively short terms of employment. That needs to stop. To earn 1/2 pay you should have to be employed at lest 30 years before you can pull that much money in.

Bernie,
Teachers have to work 25 years for their full pension and it takes at least 17 years for top pay. They pay into that pension the day they start working. No teachers receive a pension for short terms of employment. Seriously check your facts.

this would be 1/2 the story it is if Saudino didn't have billboards and an overfunded (republican crony) election campaign where he promised to "cut the waste". The reality is that he and his bloated staff (who get free clothes and cars on top of pension and salary) are nothing but WASTE themselves.