Ben left the department just shy of serving the city for 31 years and just before he turned 55.
When he left, he was not a millionaire as Dallas City Mayor and millionaire Mike Rawlings would lead you to believe.
Ben doesn’t live extravagantly. When he retired, he was only in the city’s DROP pension program for four years and nine months. With some planning, Ben and his wife figured they could supplement his basic pension with a $1,500 a month draw from DROP until they could reach her 65th birthday and Medicare. Then, the hefty premium from the city insurance would drop and they could survive on his basic pension and her social security.
Now, the city and Mayor Rawlings wants to confiscate Ben’s DROP money and garnish his pension checks.
“They have forsaken the retired Police and Firefighters who gave much to the city during their careers,” Ben said. “I am not and never will have a million dollars, Mayor Rawlings. Your statements about us begin greedy are false and incorrect.”
Because they have been “led down a path of untruths by the present city administration, council and others in the city,” the citizens of Dallas don’t realize the financial disaster their first responders will face.
“I will lose my home,” Ben said. “I will not be able to pay my bills, and I will not be able to take care of my totally disabled son who cannot take care of himself.”
That leaves Ben with only one question: “Hey Mayor, you want to help take care of us since you are a millionaire?”
#PoundOfFlesh, #savethepension, #backtheblue
Ben doesn’t live extravagantly. When he retired, he was only in the city’s DROP pension program for four years and nine months. With some planning, Ben and his wife figured they could supplement his basic pension with a $1,500 a month draw from DROP until they could reach her 65th birthday and Medicare. Then, the hefty premium from the city insurance would drop and they could survive on his basic pension and her social security.
Now, the city and Mayor Rawlings wants to confiscate Ben’s DROP money and garnish his pension checks.
“They have forsaken the retired Police and Firefighters who gave much to the city during their careers,” Ben said. “I am not and never will have a million dollars, Mayor Rawlings. Your statements about us begin greedy are false and incorrect.”
Because they have been “led down a path of untruths by the present city administration, council and others in the city,” the citizens of Dallas don’t realize the financial disaster their first responders will face.
“I will lose my home,” Ben said. “I will not be able to pay my bills, and I will not be able to take care of my totally disabled son who cannot take care of himself.”
That leaves Ben with only one question: “Hey Mayor, you want to help take care of us since you are a millionaire?”
#PoundOfFlesh, #savethepension, #backtheblue
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