I'm not certain if he was eligible or not to be honest with you. I don't think he was offered anything that would've made him seriously think about taking a buyout earlier.Baloo said:"He got an excellent buyout offer, which he says he wanted. He's landed in a nice pasture."
If what he wanted was a buyout, why didn't he take one any of the times it's been offered over the past year (unless he wasn't eligible?). Seriously, give us all a break. You make it sound like Parker is thrilled with his situation - yeah, right. The guy left the paper disgraced, with a litany of offenses. He left behind a high-paying job at a time when NO ONE is hiring. So until I hear it from Parker himself, while he's hooked up to a lie detector test (without first having been coached by George Costanza) I'm not buying the drivel you're delivering, drip.
The guy says he's happy and he's ok. I pretty much have to take him on his word.