Off to the boneyard
Now that he's retiring, my grouchy old Congressman, Earl the Pearl Blumenauer, will be taking a nice cushy gig at Portland State. He'll be teaching the future planning types how cars are the root of all evil and how handing out tax dollars to developers will solve everything. Then he'll help the students get jobs at Portland City Hall and tell all the old people, who pay for everything, how to live.
I always feel sorry for any real faculty at PSU when they have to watch some tired politician sidle in on their operation. But it's a long, long tradition over there. Vera Katz did it. Mark Hatfield did it. Mike Burton of Metro did it – and nearly went to prison for some of what he did there. Steve House got paid.
Anyway, it should be a nice, peaceful fadeout for Blumenauer, and hopefully none of the students will ask him how he managed to become filthy rich on a career politician's salary. I assume that his Congressional pension will start immediately, and he can add that and a nice state paycheck to the pile every month. Bicycle lapel pins for all!
And, if he teaches for five years, he can add a PERS retirement check.
ReplyDeleteEarl “The Pearl” already receives a $47K/yr PERS pension.
DeleteIsn't a bridge just for bikes payoff enough?
ReplyDeleteBurton also lied on his resume, stating he had a degree from Columbia University when in fact it was from Columbia State, which is a mail order diploma factory.
DeleteHarvard does the same thing, but it costs a pretty penny more than PSU. Earl is the poster child of spending your whole life in government and thinking you know how a person should run their business or live their life.
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