Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pension

[TexasTowelie]

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert will continue to forgo his $28,000 a year pension from his years as an Illinois lawmaker.

The board governing the pension system for members of the General Assembly unanimously voted Friday to suspend the pension until it gets a clearer picture.

The seven-member board said Hastert has filed suit against the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System after it revoked Hastert's pension in late April because of a state law preventing pension collection by anyone with a felony conviction related to his or her time teaching. TRS spokesman Dave Urbanek would not say whether Hastert has sued.

Members of the lawmakers' pension board include Republican state Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights, Democratic state Reps. Elaine Nekritz of Northbrook and Mike Zalewski of Riverside and Democratic state Sen. Don Harmon of Oak Park.

Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161028/news/161028658/

[beachbum bob]

1. the rule should be changed to "any felony at any time"...for all state retiree pensions

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Maybe felons should lose everything else they earned in their lifetime, too?