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Revere subcommittee gives unfavorable recommendation on special legislation for late planner's spouse
Summary
The Ways & Means subcommittee voted 3-2 against recommending special legislation that would allow the widow of longtime planner Robert O'Brien to take a lump-sum distribution of his retirement contributions. Family members urged relief, arguing state guidance was misleading and the monthly annuity would be inadequate.
The Revere City Ways & Means subcommittee voted 3-2 on Nov. 20 to issue an unfavorable recommendation on special legislation that would let the widow of the late planning director Robert O'Brien obtain a lump-sum distribution of his retirement contributions instead of a small monthly annuity.
The measure would have allowed Mrs. Annette O'Brien to waive an annuity and receive what family attorneys say is roughly $80,000 in accumulated employee contributions and earnings. Paul O'Brien, the planner's brother, told the subcommittee the outcome of the retirement board's decision and the posted state guidance produced an "anomalous result" and that "this is…
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