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« Raptakis sponsors R.I. air passenger bill of rights | Today | Update: 3 teens arrested in Fall River shooting » December 27, 2007Harwood asks pension board to consider Corrente's wife
PROVIDENCE -- In a hearing that lasted less than a half hour, lawyer John B. Harwood cited four reasons that his client should have his pension reinstated, even though former city director of administration Frank E. Corrente was caught accepting bribes on videotape and eventually convicted in a federal corruption probe. Corrente, former Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr.’s top lieutenant, is fighting to have his $70,576-a-year pension reinstated after the Providence Retirement Board suspended the payments and suggested ending them entirely. Harwood, the former speaker of the Rhode Island House, argued today that: - Corrente and his wife, Thelma Corrente, deserve to be compensated for the illegal suspension; - The board should consider Thelma Corrente – who, as a long-time employee of the School Department, draws her own state pension – because she was not implicated in the federal Plunder Dome investigation of City Hall; - Even if Corrente loses credit for two or three years of tainted service, he should get a pension based on his years of honorable service. After the hearing, Harwood reiterated the argument, saying, “Twenty-six out of twenty-nine (years) is a good record.” Facing pressure from allegations of sexual harassment and misspent campaign funds, Harwood stepped down as speaker of the House in 2002 after serving a decade in the post. Larry J. Ritchie, a law professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, presided over the hearing today. He will use today’s testimony, along with other evidence to produce a report and recommendation to the Pension Board. He expects to have the report completed within a month. Corrente, now 79, has finished his prison sentence and is living at home in Cranston. Your Turn: Should Corrente have his pension reinstated? -- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsConcerned Person | December 27, 2007 2:46 PM link He should only get a pension if Buddy gets his too. Charlie | December 27, 2007 4:08 PM link 26 good years out of 29? You mean they only caught him on tape 3 of those years. She has a pension, he has a union pension, now he wants a pension for when he was a crook. I don't think so. And look at his attorney. In other states, these people wouldn't show their faces in public. joe | December 27, 2007 4:29 PM link REMEMBER HIS WIFE? COMMENTS LIKE THAT BY SOMEONE LIKE HARWOOD ARE REASONS TO LEAVE R.I.-AS I DID! BILL | December 27, 2007 4:46 PM link A payoff here, an ego stroke there and no doubt he will get his pension, some how some way they will figure out how to scam it to him, its just business as usual in R.I. Mark | December 28, 2007 4:41 AM link If Mrs. Corrente is in need of money I have some advice for her... GO OUT AND WORK FOR IT! Just because you are a woman does not mean that you have a right to be supported. GET A JOB! J-Dog | December 28, 2007 8:55 AM link I can't belive this CONVICTED FELON is begging for his pension, which he FORFEITED all rights to when he was caught breaking the law. And look at his lawyer, another scumbag!! What can you expect though, all rats live in the same hole. RI politics makes me sick!! I am SO GLAD I moved to AZ. I love RI but hate the polital scene. moxie5371 | December 28, 2007 1:48 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Will the argument that 26 good years out of 29 served work for the drunk driver who hurts someone but can say that he drove really well for many miles and only hurt someone that last time?
And consider the wife?? You have GOT to be kidding. She has to accept the consequence that she married him, but she shouldn't be paid by the city if HE wouldn't get paid by the city.
Finally, just saying that the pension was suspended illegally isn't providing evidence that it WAS suspended illegally, and without evidence, the board can't reach that conclusion even if they believed it.
What a waste of time.