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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Not really too relevant to the Alberta election but Global ran a story on payments to politicians when they leave. In particular they were reporting on Len Webber who stepped down from his position as an MLA to run for the federal conservatives. When he left he accepted over $300,000 as a transition allowance based on his 10 years of service.
Seems really excessive and his decision has pretty poor optics and his stance is basically that he deserves it and doesn't feel his decision to accept the money is wrong in any sense. The report also mentions other politic figures who accepted partial payments or flat out refused to accept a transition payment.
http://globalnews.ca/video/2501113/r...tion-allowance |
Kent Hehr took his payout as well. Over 130K.
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...-severance-pay