{"id":3582,"date":"2011-01-18T06:46:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T11:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2011-01-18T17:48:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T22:48:48","slug":"morning-read-2-blogger-blasts-sayward-for-pension-pay-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/01\/18\/morning-read-2-blogger-blasts-sayward-for-pension-pay-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read 2:  Blogger blasts Sayward for pension &#8220;pay day&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Warren, editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adirondackalmanack.com\/2011\/01\/john-warren-teresa-saywards-pay-day.html\">the Adirondack Almanack<\/a>, has written a commentary that hits Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward for her decision to accept a state pension while still employed in the legislature and drawing a full paycheck.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What makes this all the more offensive is that Sayward has claimed to be  a big opponent of such pensions. Just three months ago, she completed a questionnaire for the League of Women Voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Political appointments and benefits  are way too rich, Albany needs to lead by example&#8230; retirement benefits  are unsustainable,&#8221; she said, knowing full well she was about to take  advantage of a loophole (along with 11 other state legislators including  Janet Duprey) that would would line her own pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Her idea of leading  by example? Get as much as you can, while you can.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The issue has also drawn scrutiny in the Glens Falls Post Star, which <a href=\"http:\/\/poststar.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/article_3abedd40-1515-11e0-bcc0-001cc4c03286.html\">blasted Sayward for &#8220;hypocritical double-talk.&#8221;<\/a> Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adirondackalmanack.com\/2011\/01\/john-warren-teresa-saywards-pay-day.html\">Almanack commentary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Warren, editor of the Adirondack Almanack, has written a commentary that hits Assemblywoman Teresa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3583,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions\/3583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}