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In ironic twist, Timothy Cahill could lose pension

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 08, 2012

In July 2009, Salvatore DiMasi pleaded with state officials to restore his $5,000-a-month pension after they rescinded it because he had been charged with receiving kickbacks on a public contract. Then-Treasurer Timothy Cahill said he had no choice but to do so after the former House speaker was charged with a crime related to his official duties. Now it is Cahill who is accused of a crime, misappropriating Lottery money, and it’s his pension that’s at risk.

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