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Understanding Retirement Payouts and What the Township Can Do about Them
For some time now, retirement payouts have been a hot topic at town council meetings. The most controversial of those was Abbott’s accumulated leave worth almost $800,000. But other questions have swirled, causing the Council to quibble over payments as small as $5.36. The Council has the benefit of legal counsel to explain the finer…
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Can You Get From St. Cloud to Eagle Rock Reservation on Foot?
I live in the St. Cloud area by the zoo. I love running every morning, and I often run on the trails. South Mountain is super convenient to get to. But it is frustratingly hard to get up to Eagle Rock Reservation on foot from my house. To prove that point, I ran the route…
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Fight Over Chief Abbott’s Retirement Payout Misses the Point
In February, it was reported that West Orange’s former Chief of Police, James Abbott, was due to receive a $780k payout for accumulated leave at retirement. This is an obscene amount and it raised questions about how this could happen – and whether there was anything that could be done to avoid paying it. Since…