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Longmeadow may cut ties with Hampden County retirement system, Select Board exploring options masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hampden County retirement board member Laurel Placzek resigns following critical audit, citing need for a 'new set of eyes' masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
‘Change had to happen’ after audit of Essex County retirement board; officials see parallels in Hampden County Updated Mar 07, 2021; SPRINGFIELD Ten years before a stinging audit of the Hampden County Regional Board of Retirement, there was Essex County. A 2010 audit of the regional retirement board in northeastern Massachusetts exposed lavish travel, patronage and general piggery by its executive director and, to a lesser extent, its board members. The State Ethics Commission in 2011 whacked former state representative and executive director Timothy Bassett with a $10,000 fine enormous by that agency’s standards after Bassett admitted using the county agency as a home base for his private lobbying business. He was collecting a $140,000 annual salary from the board, plus a pension from the state while racking up large fees as a lobbyist, according to published reports. ....
‘An honest mistake’: Former state senator Steve Buoniconti steps down as Hampden County retirement board lawyer after flap over audit Updated Mar 03, 2021; Facebook Share Former state Sen. Stephen Buoniconti has left a longtime post as legal counsel for the Hampden County Regional Retirement Board amid a flap over a recent state audit portraying the board as a poorly managed trough for political insiders. Buoniconti, of West Springfield, is a former prosecutor turned state representative, turned state senator who has been living quietly as a Beacon Hill lobbyist since losing a bid for Hampden District Attorney in 2010. The onetime legislator said Monday that he stepped down from his position with the retirement board Friday, after 15 years, days after the board said it planned to terminate its agreement for legal counsel. ....