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[michigancat]

While the average pension is $30,000 for public safety and $19,000 for other municipal workers, these figures are skewed by workers who retire early with reduced benefits or on disability. A quarter of retired officers receive disability pensions, which pay two-thirds of salary. Fifty-four retirees are under the age of 20 and earn pensions that average $23,300, according to a 2011 actuarial report.

WTF

Also

The actuaries mention as a footnote that the retirement tables "may include records with defective birth dates." Detroit's pension funds, like most of its municipal agencies, keep sloppy records. About 70% of the city's financial journal entries are booked manually.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324783204578624161224137252.html

Isn't Dearborn where all the Muslims live? Hmmm.

[ben ji]

While the average pension is $30,000 for public safety and $19,000 for other municipal workers, these figures are skewed by workers who retire early with reduced benefits or on disability. A quarter of retired officers receive disability pensions, which pay two-thirds of salary. Fifty-four retirees are under the age of 20 and earn pensions that average $23,300, according to a 2011 actuarial report.

WTF

Also

The actuaries mention as a footnote that the retirement tables "may include records with defective birth dates." Detroit's pension funds, like most of its municipal agencies, keep sloppy records. About 70% of the city's financial journal entries are booked manually.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324783204578624161224137252.html

LOL

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/detroit-losing-1-million-check-bares-hobbling-processes.html

In late February, cash-strapped Detroit received a $1 million check from the local school system that wasn’t deposited. The routine payment wound up in a city hall desk drawer, where it was found a month later.

[sys]

the fact that they transfer a million dollars with a physical paper check is more crazy than that they put it in a drawer for a month.

[michigancat]

the fact that they transfer a million dollars with a physical paper check is more crazy than that they put it in a drawer for a month.

Fantastic point.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

the fact that they transfer a million dollars with a physical paper check is more crazy than that they put it in a drawer for a month.

Uh, no

[star seed 7]

the fact that they transfer a million dollars with a physical paper check is more crazy than that they put it in a drawer for a month.

My first thought was "they actually write a paper check every month?".

[puniraptor]

the fact that they transfer a million dollars with a physical paper check is more crazy than that they put it in a drawer for a month.

Uh, no

uh, shazbot! yes

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Not sure you guys understand how these check are "written". The fact that the procedures Detroit had in place to accept regular payments resulted in a guy to puttingt a million dollar check in a drawer and forgetting about it is unfathomable.

[Kat Kid]

Not sure you guys understand how these check are "written". The fact that the procedures Detroit had in place to accept regular payments resulted in a guy to puttingt a million dollar check in a drawer and forgetting about it is unfathomable.

It is absolutely one of the crazy things you can imagine.  Then you think about the fact that there is a pretty good amount of circumstantial evidence that points to former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hosting a party with strippers and cocaine at the mayor's mansion and then later ordering a hit on one of the strippers (with police carrying out the hit) in order to keep her quiet.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Not sure you guys understand how these check are "written". The fact that the procedures Detroit had in place to accept regular payments resulted in a guy to puttingt a million dollar check in a drawer and forgetting about it is unfathomable.

It is absolutely one of the crazy things you can imagine.  Then you think about the fact that there is a pretty good amount of circumstantial evidence that points to former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hosting a party with strippers and cocaine at the mayor's mansion and then later ordering a hit on one of the strippers (with police carrying out the hit) in order to keep her quiet.

They need to make a movie about that guy.  Would watch

[Kat Kid]

Not sure you guys understand how these check are "written". The fact that the procedures Detroit had in place to accept regular payments resulted in a guy to puttingt a million dollar check in a drawer and forgetting about it is unfathomable.

It is absolutely one of the crazy things you can imagine.  Then you think about the fact that there is a pretty good amount of circumstantial evidence that points to former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hosting a party with strippers and cocaine at the mayor's mansion and then later ordering a hit on one of the strippers (with police carrying out the hit) in order to keep her quiet.

They need to make a movie about that guy.  Would watch

I don't know how a movie could possibly capture how insane his reign was.  I can't even imagine what that movie would be like.

[wetwillie]

Not sure you guys understand how these check are "written". The fact that the procedures Detroit had in place to accept regular payments resulted in a guy to puttingt a million dollar check in a drawer and forgetting about it is unfathomable.

It is absolutely one of the crazy things you can imagine.  Then you think about the fact that there is a pretty good amount of circumstantial evidence that points to former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hosting a party with strippers and cocaine at the mayor's mansion and then later ordering a hit on one of the strippers (with police carrying out the hit) in order to keep her quiet.

CJK5H

[Dugout DickStone]

Not sure you guys understand how these check are "written". The fact that the procedures Detroit had in place to accept regular payments resulted in a guy to puttingt a million dollar check in a drawer and forgetting about it is unfathomable.

It is absolutely one of the crazy things you can imagine.  Then you think about the fact that there is a pretty good amount of circumstantial evidence that points to former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hosting a party with strippers and cocaine at the mayor's mansion and then later ordering a hit on one of the strippers (with police carrying out the hit) in order to keep her quiet.

LEt the haters hate, Kwame

[Kat Kid]

Let me just say that Ann Arbor appears to be doing great.  Much better than Detroit.

[Dugout DickStone]

Let me just say that Ann Arbor appears to be doing great.  Much better than Detroit.

Except it's a dump