tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post2274621633016833514..comments2024-03-23T22:45:11.889-04:00Comments on Divorce in Connecticut: DAN LYNCH TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE "COURT REPORTERS DOUBLE DIPPING!"Catharine Sloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-90499418923832234762021-06-29T10:45:35.038-04:002021-06-29T10:45:35.038-04:00Just paid $300 for court transcripts! Just paid $300 for court transcripts! Gary Gianottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754006118869895459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-83768106567141198712019-03-31T14:02:45.050-04:002019-03-31T14:02:45.050-04:00The article by Marc Fitch of Yankee states at the ...The article by Marc Fitch of Yankee states at the bottom: “This article was amended to show work for private parties does not count toward pensions.” The auditors’ report he links to says:<br />“During the fiscal years 2012-2013 through 2015-2016, the Judicial Branch paid the court reporters/monitors a total of $1,111,065 in fees for transcripts, ordered by the Judicial Branch, in addition to their regular salaries. Court reporters and monitors also received fees for transcripts produced on state time for other state agencies and private parties, the amounts of which are not readily identifiable. Effect: Additional compensation for transcripts from the Judicial Department and other state agencies has the effect of increasing the employees’ annual salaries and their state pensions.” If the amount of fees collected for “other state agencies and private parties” is “not readily identifiable”, how do they separate the fees for “other state agencies” from the fees for “private parties” to ascertain that “work for private parties does not count toward pensions”? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-7047588394393835032019-03-31T08:16:18.632-04:002019-03-31T08:16:18.632-04:00"Court reporters and monitors have been paid ..."Court reporters and monitors have been paid more than $1 million since fiscal year 2012 performing work for private parties on state time, which padded their salaries and pensions, according to a state audit."<br /><br />The above quote is from an article published 3/9/18 in the Journal Inquirer, by Eric Bedner, quoting from auditors' report. If money earned by court reporters/monitors from producing transcripts, particularly for private parties and lawyers, is being calculated into their pensions, that would be serious fraud--not only on the People of Connecticut, but also on other pensioners--since the under-funding of pensions is one of CT's biggest concerns. This was also a concern of former SC Justice Joette Katz in her report on court reporters/monitors to former Chief Justice Rogers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com