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Comments :: NC State settles with former first lady

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She lost her job and she was compensated over 100k. How much did it cost to continue her health insurance for 3 years? It doesnt make any difference what pocket the money came out of--it is still money that is no longer available.

My husband and I retired from state gov't with a combined 67 years of service. Our retirement together is less than Mary Easley's. We had four children that we put through college. We did not have anyone providing cars and insurance for them. We paid for them, even though they were "hoopdies". But hey, I can hold my head up high and go out in public without feeling embarassed and our children are very proud and appreciative of what we did for them.

This story lacks an important detail. She was a state employee before her job at NC State. Ready the newsandobserver story: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/30/2517289/mary-easleys-pension-soars-with.html#undefined

If the money did not come from the taxpayers, then who did it come from ?? WRAL should investigate.

Its seems that all goverment employees get what they want from the people. Its a shame.

"According to NC State, no taxpayer or tuition money was used to cover the costs of the settlement."

Nonsense. There is not a way to separate out the specific money. It is time for these Universities to stand on their own. The taxpayer must be set free from serfdom.

She shouldn't be getting money. She should be in prison.

Why is she getting anything from the state retirement, unless I am mistaken she did not work for 5 years as required for vesting and also when a state employee is fired as she was I also do not believe that the state carries health insurance for the fired employee. Just as Mike Easley should not get anything other than what he put into the retirement fund being that he was convicted of a felony for misdeeds while on the states payroll.

This is an insult to all career state employees who actually worked the years used as a multiplier in the retirement formula [and who actually provided a service to the state during those years] and a raid on the state employee retirement fund. The formula uses 1.82% of the 4 highest consecutive earning years multiplied by the number of years worked and giving her credit for 4 unworked years at the obscene and unjustified salary of $170,000 is short of delusional. I'm also curious as to the total number of years in the final multiplier to give her the announced final retirement. Love to see the computations.

Easley's termination was justified. I thought that you had to be employed 5 years as a full-time employee to be vested. N&O needs to look into this!

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