FLORIDA Cash Outs March 2023

This statewide list includes public employees in Florida who have their SECOND retirement and receive their cash bonus this month.

$50 Million in cash bonuses will be paid out in March 2023 to 380 retired Florida bureaucrats thereby taking tax money from schools, roads, and tax cuts. The top bonus for the month is $644,113 and goes to Marc Pierre Louis. His monthly pension payout is almost $11,000.  The average bonus amount for this month is $132,210.

March 2023 Baker’s Dozen Taxpayer Abusers

wdt_ID First Last Employer Fake Retirement Date Pension Cash Bonus Date Pension Cash Bonus Pension Monthy Payments Email Address
1 MARC PIERRE LOUIS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 644,113 10,909 marcpierre318@gmail.com
2 CAROLE GALARNEAU MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 579,083 9,837 shaggysea@aol.com
3 ALBERT FALCON MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 01/01/2018 03/15/2023 531,872 8,594 falcon_man192@yahoo.com
4 WENDELL REGISTER LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALISM 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 506,145 8,608 deanregister@fdle.state.fl.us
5 INEZ DOMINGUEZ MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 03/01/2019 03/31/2023 459,147 9,476 nezzie9969@gmail.com
6 CHARLES BRADLEY ST JOHNS CO SHERIFF'S DEPT 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 453,373 7,717 cbradley@sjso.org
7 EDUARDO QUIROGA MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 453,330 7,678 qman517@bellsouth.net
8 RAYMOND CALHOUN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 07/01/2018 03/01/2023 450,133 8,002 raymondcalhoun830@gmail.com
9 BRUCE CASTELLANO HILLSBOROUGH CO BD OF CO COMMISSIONERS 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 427,368 7,238 castellanob@hillsboroughcounty.org
10 SUZANNE LOHBAUER BROWARD CO SHERIFF'S DEPT 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 423,244 7,172 suzy68ems@gmail.com
11 NADINE SINCLAIR BROWARD CO SHERIFF'S DEPT 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 420,426 7,121 butterscotch1224@gmail.com
12 FLOYD ABDOOL BROWARD CO SHERIFF'S DEPT 04/01/2018 03/31/2023 416,052 7,021 faaabdool@aol.com
13 RONNIE BRADSHAW ORANGE CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE 06/01/2018 03/04/2023 392,483 6,892 rbradk915@gmail.com
First Last Employer Fake Retirement Date Pension Cash Bonus Date Pension Cash Bonus Pension Monthy Payments Email Address

Contact: Dave Jaye, Researcher | 586-488-5177 | dave.jaye55@gmail.com

Fake Retirements give 380 Statewide Florida Bureaucrats and Politicians $50.2 Million in cash pension bonuses in March 2023 Shady Florida Politician Judge takes a Huge Pension Cash Bonus.

Politician Judge Scott Cupp, 20th Judicial Circuit, was the March 2023 Politician Triple Dipper taking a salary of $182,060 and a fake retirement pension cash bonus of $98,463 at the same time to do the same job. Politician Judge Scott Cupp was reprimanded by The Florida State Supreme Court for illegal political activities https://floridapolitics.com/archives/429325-circuit-judge-to-face-reprimand-at-high-court/ YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUaXIuzy1no “Triple Dippers are ‘Public Servants’ who take a salary and a pension with interest at the same time to do the same job!” said Dave Jaye, Researcher, TripleDippers.org. “Triple Dippers are the only Florida Public employees who don’t pay 3% of their salary into the Florida retirement system-cheating taxpayers out of $62.8 Million! No private company allows such abuses.”

Add the Cherry on the top – these Triple Dippers are cashing out their unused days off at their final highest salary, not the salary when the days were earned taking more money from taxpayers and artificially increasing the final year’s pay on which their pensions are calculated. Collecting a paycheck and a pension at the same time, Triple Dippers can afford to delay Social Security which then increases 8% per year to age 70. That’s about a 40% increase in Social Security payments! Triple Dippers are formally called the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). The Highest March 2023 Fake Pension Cash Bonus Payout is $644,113 to Marc Pierre Louis, Police Sargent Miami Dade. The average March 2023 fake retirement pension cash bonus is $132,210 and 205 Triple Dippers are collecting over $100,000 in cash bonuses from taxpayers.

Instead of giving overpaid bureaucrats and politicians more money, use our tax money to help 10,000 people left homeless due to Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole’s destruction suggested Dave Jaye. “Giving “Public Servants” a paycheck and a pension at the same time to do the same job has led to $36 Billion in unfunded Florida Retirement obligations, a $1,675 liability for every man, woman and child in Florida2! This abuse of taxpayers must stop.” “Although they never really retired, approximately 27,581 Florida Public Employees and Politicians just file paperwork pretending to retire but keep on working and pocket approximately $1 Billion in salaries and $4.63 Billion in pension payments at the same time to do the same job and are the only Florida Public employees who don’t pay 3% of their salary into the Pension System,” stated Dave Jaye. “No Retirement Party, No Speeches, No Gold Watch, and No break in Employment!

This scheme to rip off taxpayers was approved by Florida Government Entities by a majority vote from Mosquito Districts to Cities, Counties, Schools, Universities, the State Legislature, and the Governor. These Public Employees in conjunction with their supervisors are perpetrating fraud. The Public Manager or Politician simply signs off on the Fake retirement. If the paperwork is in order that’s good enough. Even though the public employee and Politician never really left their job”.

“Hurricane Ian destroyed the financial security of thousands of Florida retirees whose life savings were invested in houses and condos lost to the storm’s winds and flooding”, said Dave Jaye. “Hurricane Ian has displaced thousands of Floridians whose homes are now uninhabitable, taking not only their shelter but their financial safety nets.“ Replacing the approximately 27,581 Statewide over-the-hill retired Triple Dippers with freshly educated and trained employees would save approximately 40% around $902.8 Million” stated Dave Jaye. “This abuse of taxpayers must stop”. “We need to create opportunities for young people to move into these jobs to buy a home and start a family replacing these overpriced-cum-golden oldie Triple Dippers who are just putting $763,622 or more of cash bonuses into the bank. Young people have much lower health care costs, are better educated and have much more energy than these Senior Citizen Triple Dippers,” noted Dave Jaye.

Law enforcement employees typically collect huge amounts of overtime which results in outrageous pension cash bonuses. In 2022 the Governor and Legislature approved increasing the Triple Dipper time for Law Enforcement and their Secretaries by 60% from 5 to 8 years of collecting a fake pension and paycheck at the same time. https://tripledippers.org/fl-cops-tripledippers-july-2022/

“The Florida Legislature and Governor should require Triple Dippers to contribute 3% of pay to the State Pension program just like every other ‘Public Servant’ and increase the ‘Public Servant’ contribution from 3% to 5% as proposed by then-Governor Rick Scott. Retirement cash bonuses should be eliminated”. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2011-02-01-fl-scott-announces-pension-reforms-20110201-story.html The public employer (taxpayer-paid) match of DROP Triple Dippers’ salary to the Florida pension system has increased to 21.34% compared to 13.82% for regular-class employees. In 2012 the Employer match for DROP employees was 4.33%. https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/fl/2022/bills/FLB00027524/ A major reason Triple Dippers Program is expanding is that many Triple Dippers work for the Florida State Senate, State House, and Governor’s office and are Elected Politicians. The Employer contribution rate (taxpayer paid) for Legislators, the Governor and the Florida Cabinet is 66.73% https://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforce_operations/retirement/employers/contribution_rates

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2079623235780#:~:text=The%20magnitude%20of%20Hurricane%20Ian’s,millions%20more%20still%20without%20power

https://alec.org/publication/unaccountable-and-unaffordable-2020/

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