Kreep's reportable compensation from USJF:

2008 $120000
2009 $174000
2010 $206000

He runs the United States Justice Foundation which rents the WND email list a few times a year to fundraise.

His wife owns a company that benefits from much of this fundraising.

As I recall, USJF took in something like $3 million in donations last year. How is he going to manage being a judge and remaining involved with his foundation?

Or, as Mr. Kreep might say, "Birfball has been very, very good to me."

He can't. It's a nonprofit, and Kreep has been filing all the right forms with the IRS -- so no profit-sharing or any benefit along those lines. All the USJF can do is pay out salaries to employees.

But nothing to stop USJF from hiring Kreep's wife or some other family member/ close friend to take on the duties as managing director.

Kreep will of course be forever disqualified from hearing any case or matters brought by or funded by USJF. Though I don't think USJF has much of a history of litigating traffic court cases in San Diego anyway.

At this lofty level he should be able to meet old "Dogbite" Jensen pursuing his bread and butter...

I guess Kreep will also have to hand over his his USJF to some8ne else or freeze its operations. Does his judge income compensate for the loss of yearly $200K+ from his current activities?

Will Kreep receive a pension when he retires after that?

California judges are employees of the state and as such have pension plans under CalPERS which is a defined benefit plan. A certain percentage of the salary is withheld for the pension fund and is matched by the state. Most plans I am aware of have a 5-year vestment period.

http://www.calpers.ca.gov/index.jsp?bc= ... nefits.xml

If an employee retires with a government pension, their Social Security benefits are offset (reduced) by a large amount as well as the benefits of the spouse. Many people don't know about this offset.

Even though the financials have already been explored, I'd point out that the judge's salary is guaranteed & regular, and comes with benefits; whereas income from the private foundation depends on his ability to drum up donations. In recent years he appears to have received a lot of $$$ from the foundation, but there's no guarantee there and I'm sure he has to spend a good deal of effort to keep the $$ flowing.

So the Judgeship definitely offers more financial security.

As noted, the foundation can continue, it just has to be passed on to others. Unlike an actual law practice, there is no particular reason why the managing employee(s) of the nonprofit foundation would need to be lawyers. So it is something that his wife or another family member could take over -- they would just have to either hire other lawyers to take on the legal work, or else shift the focus of the foundation somewhat so it is more focused on issue advocacy or funding the work of others, rather than initiating any litigation on their own. In that respect, I think its important to note that birtherism did not seem to be the focus of the foundation -- there are other right-wing agenda issues that have a broader support base (such as anti-abortion) and thus could continue to be a rich source of donors. So the foundation itself might very well live on and generate a nice supplemental income for the wife or another family member.

I'm waiting for Orly to demand a copy of Kreep's surety bond

http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/?p=126483

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Wills???

Is that a Cali thing? I've never heard about it affecting Oregon PERS/SS.

Where is Nicolaus Copernicus when we need him?

In bidness, that's fairly common. Georgia Pacific went that way in 1977 and Smurfit was that way when I parted ways with them. The rationale is that they match your FICA contributions all the way, so the SS earned was equally paid for by both employer and employee.

Considering the dire financial shape of California, I guess I'm not surprised they might do that.

No, it's a St. Ronnie legacy. He didn't want public employees to get a 'windfall' when they retired. Of course, he stacked up quite a few pensions for himself.

http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/ret ... lty/22014/

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10045.html#a0=1

If you worked in a job where you paid into Social Security, you will have your benefits reduced by two-thirds if you retire on a government pension where you did not pay into SS. This really hurts those in low-level and part time jobs who have to pay into differnt systems.

Has there been any event occur on this planet in the last 62 years that the Chaleria doesn't believe to be either a reward or punishment for something she previously said or did?

Awwww, she's just sore since being the loser she is, she lost...Kreep won...must really piss her off. Kreep came in #1 instead of a 4th to 5th place Loser. (consistently)....

When my daughters were in primary school (elementary school for you yanks) the eldest came home talking about someone called "Copper Knickers". It took a while for us to figure out who she meant.
Regards ...........Dick

remainder:
http://totalbuzz.ocregister.com/2012/06 ... hip/86908/

I love that...he got more votes for his position in one county than Lena did in the whole state....

But you have to divide his total votes by 25. See? She whips him, but good.

She can gloat that she beat him in every county in the state except for one.

So Orly sends a letter to the state bar association saying Kreep is a big poopyhead. Kreep responds by sticking his tongue out and saying 'I know you are but what am I?'

Meh. Losers.

That was about what I thought. This guy is a judge, and he's mud-wrestling pigs in public? What a loser.

Kreep shows what a joke it is to allow morons to elect judges. Anyone who voted for this gibbering lunatic should be ashamed of themselves.