News flash (back in January 23, 2003)! -- Former Republican state Schools Superintendent Schrenko will qualify for full state pension.
This week -- November 8, 2004 -- Bill Shipp poses the following question to his readers:
"Question: We just went through an election cycle in which Republicans claimed a nationwide monopoly on morality. If more and more Republicans are flooding into the state and state government, why is the governor so intent on introducing a new - presumably tougher - ethics code? What has he found out about Republicans since switching from the Democratic Party that he is not telling?"
Perhaps the article that appears below on Ms. Schrenko getting a full state pension might give us a hint. This story about Ms. Schrenko getting a full state pension came just a week after the following headline and leadoff paragraph about the audit that would lead to the federal indictments handed down this week:
Audit finds mismanagement in state Education Department
An audit released Friday [Jan. 24, 3003] found the state Department of Education riddled with financial problems, including mishandling state contracts and federal grant money.
(The Augusta Chronicle 01-31-03, AP story.)
The previous week on 01-23-03, The Augusta Chronicle published the following AP article:
Former state Schools Superintendent Linda Schrenko will qualify for her full state pension after all
Mrs. Schrenko mistakenly thought she had to work 12 more days to get credit for a full 30 years of service, but it turns out she was already fully vested, said Cecelia Corbin Hunter, the director of the Employees Retirement System of Georgia.
Mrs. Schrenko, 53, left office Jan. 13 after an unsuccessful run for governor.
Falling short of the 30 years required for a full pension could have cost her thousands of dollars a year in benefits. So she called state leaders looking for any sort of work.
"I'll strap on a gun and go downstairs and guard the building. I'll be a secretary, I will clean; I'll be a custodian. I really don't care. I need 12 days of doing anything," Mrs. Schrenko said several weeks ago.
Ms. Hunter said Mrs. Schrenko did not get special treatment. Employees who retire in the middle of a month get credit for the entire month, she said.
Mrs. Schrenko, who taught for about 20 years in Columbia County near Augusta, will receive $5,154 a month, or $61,848 a year. Her salary as a superintendent was $9,398 a month.
She said she might finish out the school year for a middle school science teacher who will be taking pregnancy leave in Taliaferro County, east of Atlanta.
Taliaferro Assistant Superintendent Al Arbee said Wednesday that Mrs. Schrenko has not filled out an application.
"Question: We just went through an election cycle in which Republicans claimed a nationwide monopoly on morality. If more and more Republicans are flooding into the state and state government, why is the governor so intent on introducing a new - presumably tougher - ethics code? What has he found out about Republicans since switching from the Democratic Party that he is not telling?"
Perhaps the article that appears below on Ms. Schrenko getting a full state pension might give us a hint. This story about Ms. Schrenko getting a full state pension came just a week after the following headline and leadoff paragraph about the audit that would lead to the federal indictments handed down this week:
Audit finds mismanagement in state Education Department
An audit released Friday [Jan. 24, 3003] found the state Department of Education riddled with financial problems, including mishandling state contracts and federal grant money.
(The Augusta Chronicle 01-31-03, AP story.)
The previous week on 01-23-03, The Augusta Chronicle published the following AP article:
Former state Schools Superintendent Linda Schrenko will qualify for her full state pension after all
Mrs. Schrenko mistakenly thought she had to work 12 more days to get credit for a full 30 years of service, but it turns out she was already fully vested, said Cecelia Corbin Hunter, the director of the Employees Retirement System of Georgia.
Mrs. Schrenko, 53, left office Jan. 13 after an unsuccessful run for governor.
Falling short of the 30 years required for a full pension could have cost her thousands of dollars a year in benefits. So she called state leaders looking for any sort of work.
"I'll strap on a gun and go downstairs and guard the building. I'll be a secretary, I will clean; I'll be a custodian. I really don't care. I need 12 days of doing anything," Mrs. Schrenko said several weeks ago.
Ms. Hunter said Mrs. Schrenko did not get special treatment. Employees who retire in the middle of a month get credit for the entire month, she said.
Mrs. Schrenko, who taught for about 20 years in Columbia County near Augusta, will receive $5,154 a month, or $61,848 a year. Her salary as a superintendent was $9,398 a month.
She said she might finish out the school year for a middle school science teacher who will be taking pregnancy leave in Taliaferro County, east of Atlanta.
Taliaferro Assistant Superintendent Al Arbee said Wednesday that Mrs. Schrenko has not filled out an application.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 9:58 PM
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