In Chicago, a public pension -- and a paycheck

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

John Plezbert found a painless way to double his income.

He retired.

Plezbert was just 49, a few weeks shy of his 50th birthday, when he retired in June 2006 as Mayor Daley's first deputy commissioner of general services -- a job that paid $124,944.

Three days later, he started a new job -- as the $155,324-a-year first deputy director of the mayor's Public Building Commission.

Between his city pension and his city job, Plezbert now makes $246,721 a year.

They sure are special!