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...Richard Sinnott, 55, the former city censor. In charge of issuing permits for rock concerts, Sinnott occasionally took in the acts. The rowdy crowds, he claimed, "instilled a sense of terror throughout my entire body. I was reduced to a shell of myself, barely able to function." His pension request: $21,000 a year...
Ordinarily neither of these outlandish applications would have raised an eyebrow over at the patronage-happy pension board. Unfortunately for Hynes and Sinnott, however, their cases came to light after the Boston Globe uncovered another suspicious pension request. Robert Toomey Sr., 40, manager of operations for the department of public facilities, claimed that he had suffered a ruptured cervical disc in a car accident while on City business. This left him in "constant pain, unable to do any lifting or bending." His disability request: $30,240 a year. According to the Globe, he had taken out nine separate accident insurance...
...Borg's request is not the typical whining of bad-boy greedy athletes seeking privileged status. His case is genuinely different...
...ability. As it stands now, if Borg did play his way through the qualifying rounds he would--upon entry to the main round--receive a seeding (as occurred last week when he made a comeback in Monte Carlo, his first tournament since his five-month layoff.) Borg's current request does not even include a demand for a top seed...
...verdict on the Borg case, then, can only be anticlimactic. Though a negative decision might taint the Borg legacy, his Wimbledon record and six French Open singles crowns assure him election into the Tennis Hall of Fame. Conceding to Borg's request would not jeopardize the legitimacy of the game--not from the perspective of his fellow competitors, or from that of the fans. In fact, Wimbledon should display flexibility and discretion by ruling in favor of Borg--if it has the courage or the conscience...