Former Speaker Finneran Will Not Get Pension
A retirement board ruled that his criminal conviction in 2007 made him ineligible for a state penion.
File photo: Guests included a wide range of political figures, including former Speaker of the House, Thomas Finneran, seen here at center shaking hands after the ceremony. Finneran pleaded guilty to criminal obstruction of justice for his involvement in the 2000 redistricting process.
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A state board voted Thursday that former House Speaker Thomas Finneran is not eligible for a government pension because of 2007 conviction for obstruction of justice.
According to a Boston Globe report, the state's Retirement Board unanimously decided that Finneran, the Mattapan representative who was speaker from 1996 to 2004, was not entitled to the $32,900-a-year pension he would have received since his criminal acts were related to his job.
Finneran can, however, reclaim the $89,000 he contributed toward his retirement, but not the $32,000 in interest on his account.
