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Feb 01, 2010

Deputy Fire Chief Resigns Amid Pension Controversy

D.C. Fire Department Deputy Chief Kenneth Ellerbe has resigned after it was revealed that he had been allowed to keep his D.C. job even though he had already taken a new position in Florida, Matthew Cella reports in the Washington Times. The unusual arrangement had reportedly come about so that Ellerbe could collect his full pension immediately, even though he was no longer on the city’s payroll. “D.C. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin last month…

 
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