New definition of gall: $905,000 buy-out and applying for unemployment benefits

[hondo]

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/11/29/former-philadelphia-schools-chief-arlene-ackerman-files-unemployment-claim/

Absolutely shameless.

 

[Tarheel316]

Unbelievable.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I have always wondered if/how many pro athletes do this when they're cut. I wouldn't put it past them for a second.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Rules are rules.

 

[printdust]

She probably doesn't give a **** about the cops either.

 

[Azrael]

Did she and her employer pay her unemployment insurance for however many years she was employed?

 

[printdust]

Did the cops?

 

[Azrael]

Did the cops?

Presumably. But in the anti-union glow of the Reagan golden years, who knows?

 

[printdust]

My god, only you could blame this on Reagan.
Give it a rest Az. Ronnie's been out of office, and dead, for some time now.

 

[Azrael]

My god, only you could blame this on Reagan.
Give it a rest Az. Ronnie's been out of office, and dead, for some time now.

But his avuncular spirit of union busting goes on and on, even among our most deserving public servants.

 

[bigpern23]

I have always wondered if/how many pro athletes do this when they're cut. I wouldn't put it past them for a second.

Good question. I'm not sure how it applies to someone who is cut midseason, but an athlete must have no reasonable expectation of playing the next season if they are cut in the offseason.

So if Rex Grossman gets cut in the offseason, he probably won't be able to collect because there is a reasonable chance someone would sign him. Some practice squad bum who gets cut would be more likely to be eligible.

I'm not sure how getting cut midseason would affect eligibility.

 

[old_tony]

My god, only you could blame this on Reagan.
Give it a rest Az. Ronnie's been out of office, and dead, for some time now.

Sadly, his spirit upholding federal law has been absent from the White House since Jan. 2009.

 

[deskslave]

I have always wondered if/how many pro athletes do this when they're cut. I wouldn't put it past them for a second.

Good question. I'm not sure how it applies to someone who is cut midseason, but an athlete must have no reasonable expectation of playing the next season if they are cut in the offseason.

So if Rex Grossman gets cut in the offseason, he probably won't be able to collect because there is a reasonable chance someone would sign him. Some practice squad bum who gets cut would be more likely to be eligible.

I'm not sure how getting cut midseason would affect eligibility.

Of course, you have to prove you're looking for work. One can only imagine what would happen when Mrs. Sokol at the unemployment office called Bill Parcells to confirm that Grossman came in for a tryout.

 

[Magic In The Night]

Anybody expect Dubow to do this when his "disability/severance/retirement" gets low?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Arlene made a lot of money, but she spends a lot of money too.