Craig Karmin
			Business & Economics				
			
		Pension Calculus Draws New Scrutiny
			A California dustup over large pension payments is shining a spotlight on the practice of spiking — increasing a salary just before retirement and boosting the lifelong payout. Pete Nowicki had been making $186,000 shortly before he retired in January as chief for a fire department shared by the municipalities ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Craig Karmin		
				
																						
			July 20, 2009		
				
					Pension Calculus Draws New Scrutiny
			A California dustup over large pension payments is shining a spotlight on the practice of spiking — increasing a salary just before retirement and boosting the lifelong payout. Pete Nowicki had been making $186,000 shortly before he retired in January as chief for a fire department shared by the municipalities ...