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The Roderick Porter Pension matter is being described as an error. By no means was this an error. This is was a design scam that started about eleven (11) months before mayor Joe Ganim ordered Labor Relations to start the national search for Bridgeport Chief of Police. In December 2021, the Ganim administration started the process of amending the Connecticut statute covering the Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement System (CMERS). Just days after the legislative committee passed and the governor signed-off on the change, which would allow only a chief of police to be rehired post retirement full- time while continuing to collect his pension, Joe Ganim ordered Labor Relations to start the search process. On November 19, 2022, Joe Ganim selected Roderick Porter as Chief and later negotiated a contract allowing Porter to collect his pension post retirement in clear violation of the law.

Read the two last paragraphs on page six of the Judgement. Assuming Porter had a lawyer negotiate his contract (Bucci?). It is clear that this was at least legal malpractice and not just by his attorney but, also the City Attorney. It’s the letter of the law. Who does he file suit against?

Porter may opt to filing for a Waiver of Pension Repayment. Ignorance of the law by your legal representation is no excuse. The three criteria required for a waiver a listed below and there’s no way Porter can meet one as far as I’m concerned. Any questions John Marshall Lee?

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Connecticut General Statute (CGS) § 5-156c deals with adjusting erroneous retirement payments, but § 5-156c-1 specifically outlines the Regulations for Waiver of Overpayments for state retirement systems, establishing criteria for when the State Employees Retirement Commission can forgive all or part of an overpayment, requiring no fault by the recipient, reasonable inability to detect the error, and proving repayment would cause financial hardship.
Key Criteria for Waiver (CGS § 5-156c-1)
To get a waiver, three conditions must generally be met:
No Fault: The overpayment must have been due to an error, not the recipient’s fault (no falsifying information).
Unreasonable Detection: The recipient couldn’t reasonably have been expected to notice the error.
Financial Hardship: Repayment would reduce the recipient’s income to a level causing hardship.
How it Works
If the State Employees Retirement Commission finds an error, they correct it and adjust payments.
If you received too much money (an overpayment) through no fault of your own, you can petition for a waiver.
The Commission determines if all three criteria (no fault, inability to detect, hardship) are met.
Recipients may need to provide financial documents, like tax returns, to prove hardship.
In essence, CGS § 5-156c-1 provides a pathway for fairness when state errors cause financial strain on retirees or beneficiaries.
Sec. 5-156c-1. Criteria for waiver of overpayment
Mar 5, 2015 — (a) Section 5-156c of the General Statutes permits the Commission to waive all or part of the repayment of an overpayment when: the one to whom it wa…

CT.GOV-Connecticut’s Official State Website (.gov)
2018 Connecticut General Statutes Title 5 – State Employees Chapter 66
(a) Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from any retirement system administered by the State Employees Retiremen…

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compensation and disability retirement benefits – CGA.ct.gov
Mar 22, 2010 — In some cases, SERC may waive repayment of an overpayment (CGS § 5-156). Waiver is allowed only where the: (1) recipient could not reasonably have b…

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Conn. Agencies Regs. § 5-156c-1 – Criteria for waiver of overpayment
(b) When the Recipient wishes the Commission to waive repayment of some or all of the overpayment, on the basis of hardship, the Recipient will be required to p…

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CT.GOV-Connecticut’s Official State Website (.gov)
https://eregulations.ct.gov
Sec. 5-156c-1. Criteria for waiver of overpayment

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