[VeniVidiVici]

Bruce Malkenhorst, a city of Vernon retiree with a $499,675 annual pension.

How could any public employee retire with a half-million dollar pension?

[WOBBLY BOB]

How could any public employee retire with a half-million dollar pension?

maybe he was a union steward on the side:)

[KarlInOhio]

Bruce V. Malkenhorst was Vernon’s city manager, finance director, city clerk, redevelopment director, treasurer and chief of light and power, all at the same time. He made $600,000 a year. I guess the city paid him full time for a bunch of part time jobs. He was charged for embezzeling even more money from the city, but I wasn't able to find if the trial has been completed yet and what the verdict may have been.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Very easily, I would think.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Vernon is notorious. It’s essentially a big industrial park, with tens of thousands of people working there during the day and a huge tax base. But the actual population is less than a hundred people, almost all of whom work for the city. Outsiders attempting to live there are actively discouraged. Elections are foregone conclusions. Basically it’s run entirely for the benefit of the insiders and has been that way for decades.

[litehaus]

"How could any public employee retire with a half-million dollar pension?" ...

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Didja foregt Fannies-- Franklin Raines..Water's 'man of the year" ?Recall he's a MILLION a year...Great reward for fraudulent earnings at the now 'busted Fannie Mae'-- huh?

[nufsed]

More info on Vernon.

http://www.businessinsider.com/damn-california-pensioners-are-guaranteed-a-lot-2009-6

The FBI needs to go through Vernon with flame throwers and hazmat suits. When the germs are all gone, they can start all over.