Sweet pensions, secrecy laws: L.A. has its own ugly swamp that needs draining, but where`s the leadership?
(LA Times Anaheim Ducks)

This is it. I´m going into retirement and wanted you to be the first to know. But I worked out a really sweet deal with my employer. I´m going to keep writing columns for five more years so that I can collect my regular pay and my retirement pay simultaneously. It´s a double-dip bonanza. All I´ve...