Another member of the Massachusetts Dedicated Self Serving Public Officials Party, licking the plate as Howie Carr says.
[From article]
Just 55 years old, Cabral is arguing that her 23 years in public safety, first as an assistant district attorney and later as Suffolk County sheriff, qualify her under a so-called Category 4 classification intended for law enforcement officers who risk their lives in the line of duty, according to papers she filed with retirement officials last month.
The classification would essentially allow Cabral — who made $160,000 last year as the state’s secretary for public safety — to collect a maximum benefit typically reserved for state workers who wait until they’re 65 to retire.
Using the state formula for calculating pensions, Cabral could be due at least $58,000 a year in retirement benefits, factoring in her nearly 28 total years of service, her age and the $140,400 average of her three highest-salaried years.
But if retirement officials allow her to qualify under the Category 4 classification for the majority of her time in state government, Cabral’s pension could jump to roughly $91,000, a Herald analysis found.
The state retirement board is expected to take up Cabral’s case tomorrow at its monthly meeting, according to state Treasurer Deb Goldberg’s office, which oversees the panel. But Matt Sheaff, a Goldberg spokesman, said it was too early to calculate exactly what Cabral’s pension would be.
[. . .]The classification would essentially allow Cabral — who made $160,000 last year as the state’s secretary for public safety — to collect a maximum benefit typically reserved for state workers who wait until they’re 65 to retire.
Using the state formula for calculating pensions, Cabral could be due at least $58,000 a year in retirement benefits, factoring in her nearly 28 total years of service, her age and the $140,400 average of her three highest-salaried years.
But if retirement officials allow her to qualify under the Category 4 classification for the majority of her time in state government, Cabral’s pension could jump to roughly $91,000, a Herald analysis found.
The state retirement board is expected to take up Cabral’s case tomorrow at its monthly meeting, according to state Treasurer Deb Goldberg’s office, which oversees the panel. But Matt Sheaff, a Goldberg spokesman, said it was too early to calculate exactly what Cabral’s pension would be.
Cabral has already cashed in other taxpayer-funded benefits. The Herald reported Sunday that she scored a $33,725 payout upon leaving office, including $20,242 in leftover vacation time and another $13,483 in unused sick time.
Two years ago, Cabral also hit up the taxpayers for $11,847 in unused vacation time as Suffolk County sheriff when former Gov. Deval Patrick appointed her public safety secretary, even though she hadn’t accrued paid time off as an elected official.
Suffolk sheriff officials admitted Cabral’s vacation time was never documented but calculated the payout based on her “20-plus years of service in the state system.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/02/andrea_cabral_seeks_pension_payout_meant_for_cops_correction
Andrea Cabral seeks pension payout meant for cops, correction officers
Hazardous-job perk could hike annual take
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
By: Matt Stout
Boston Herald
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