Another Reason Tom Finnerian is a Scumbag

Buried deep in the Sunday Herald this week was this little blurb about hack turned felon turned radio host but remains a felon ;scumbag Tom Finnerian:

And speaking of pensions, disgraced former House Speaker-turned-morning radio jock Tom Finneran isn’t going quietly without his retirement check

While King Tom humbly accepted much of his “punishment” for misleading a federal grand jury, he’s moved for a hearing on the state Pension Board’s denial of his $2,575-a-month check. The board, which has pulled the pensions of convicted felons in the past, withheld Finneran’s check last month and will hold a hearing in the coming months.

I question the use of the term radio jock based upon his questionable talents or lack thereof.

The hypocrisy here is deafening. On the day after Gov Rodney Allen Ripney releases his proposed budget ( cutting a lot of services, breaking a lot of campaign promises yet increasing his own office budget - but that's another blog entry) the Felon decides that hes going to ruminate on whats wrong in the budget and the state of the state in general. While I only listened for the duration of 20 minutes, I listened to the disgraced speaker with the dwindling ratings rant on I was thinking one of the most glaring expenses we as taxpayers are burdened with is paying the bloated pensions of suckbags like Tom Finnerian.

That a huge contributor to the problem is making a truckload of money to tell us whats wrong in this state should be humiliating. I felt dirty listening to him as I often do. That this same abuser of my hard earned dollars had the brass balls to bow his head and cry like an infant about his crimes, then take full responsibility for his wrongdoings on the radio pretending to be a man then slink back with little or no fanfare to try to screw the citizenry again is sickening.

I missed this on some of the blogs I read and occasionally participate in. I heard Howie Carr make a small mention of this last week which was what prompted my search for it in the news. Almost nothing was there.

Are we so desensitized to abuse that we just don't care anymore? I listen to jackasses like Jim Braude who wave away amounts like 72,000.00 and 46,000.00 with the wave of the hand as the cost of doing business in Massachusetts. When does that cost get to be too much?

I listen to the argument that those who go into public service 9 or public abuse as the case is here) forgo the opportunity to make more money in the private sector. Tough. Go back to the private sector. Get out of my wallet.

Obviously Tom Finnerian has no shame. No decency. No sense of right or wrong as his crybaby act after his sentencing and his mea culpa on the radio were machinations of false apology. It is my hope that the state pension board continues to do the right thing and withhold all of his pension checks. He doesn't deserve a penny. I hope he ends up sleeping in a Whirlpool box once RKO lets him go.