The icing on the cake of the NY Times’ September expose about LIRR retirees living on falsified disability claims was the free golf. How do these “disabled” railroad workers spend their endless free time? By enjoying golf on state-park golf courses–on the public’s dime.
That may end, reports the Times.
The laws and regulation governing the passes do not mention railroad workers with occupational disabilities, Eileen Larrabee, a spokeswoman for the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, said on Thursday. “They made a leap at some point along the line.”
The parks agency will decide in the coming weeks of it rescinds the railroad guys’ passes or takes other action, says the paper.
The history of park passes for the disabled dates back to a 1978 law that allowed those who were blind or unable to walk, as well as amputees and disabled war veterans, to enter the parks–and, if they were able to, golf–for free.
The law didn’t say anything about railroad workers with phony bad backs and knees.
Finally, I appreciated that an article about golf was written by a guy named Duff Wilson.
Not too surprising. I thought you would like this tidbit on my blog…
http://www.crackinsurance.com/2008/11/16/crackinsurance-insurance-trivia-tip-of-the-day-lirr-disability/