ILL-inois: Two rural school superintendents retire, go back to old jobs and still collect pensions

Whiteside County soybean farm, Tampico, IL

Saukvalley.com reports on more cases of Illinois double-dipping--government employees who "retire" with a pension then stay on the public payroll.

These two cases from the county where Ronald Reagan was born are particularly egregious.

In November, Montmorency Superintendent John Rosenberry announced his retirement. His last day was June 30.

He did retire. And he started collecting his $6,300-a-month pension.

But the nameplate for the superintendent never changed.

Rosenberry is now one of two school superintendents in Whiteside County who officially retired but returned to their old jobs.

The other "retired" superintendent collects a $7,000 annual pension while working at his "former" gig.

Contributors to ILL-inois' Teacher Retirement System can work 100 days a year and still cash their pension checks. Sadly, public-sector pensions have turned into a method to pad a comfortable income rather than be source of funds when contributors are too old or sick too work.

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