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New gambling commissioner will work at reduce salary

Retired judge has a state pension

By Mark Arsenault

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 22, 2012

Retired Appeals Court Judge James F. McHugh, appointed on Tuesday to the new state gambling commission, will work at a reduced salary on the panel while collecting a state pension for his 27 years on the bench, according to a spokesperson for the commission. McHugh, 68, retired about three weeks ago after serving as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge, from 1985 until 2001, and then as a member of the Appeals Court. His pension is $99,386, said the commission’s spokesperson.

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