COUNTY VOTERS PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR SAM PAGE’S SPITE

Legal crusade to cheat Tim Fitch out of his pension benefits finally fizzles

Former County Councilman Tim Fitch has officially laughed all the way to the bank.

Fitch settled a lawsuit against St. Louis County government, unfreezing $339,000 in frozen pension benefits he earned during a 31-year career with the Police Department. And a nice $105,000 tip in back interest. And $160,000 in payouts for his attorneys’ fees.

That’s $265,000 in wasted taxpayer dollars, plus whatever the county spent on its own attorneys, to fight in court for the “principle” that tenured county employees must suffer a suspension of their earned pension benefits if they get elected to the County Council.  

But it’s also about politics and the mendacity of County Executive Sam Page.