Coming up: No pension for Coble
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 1, 2009
U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., has refused to participate in the congressional pension plan ever since being elected to the House in 1984.
He figures he’ll be turning his back on $65,000 to $68,000 a year when he’s no longer in office.
Read Mark Wineka’s column Sunday to find out why Coble has declined participation in the pension plan all these years.