Have you been following the stories in Newsday about New York State pensions? There's one today that talks about James Hunderfund, superintendent of the Malverne School District. As retired superintendent of the Commack School District he gets a $316,000 New York State pension. In addition to that he earns approximately $200,000 from his Malverne job. In discussing it, Mr. Hunderfund chalks this all up to working within the system. He's probably right. After all he's not stealing the money. He's working within the law and just taking what is rightfully his. Wouldn't you? What I am more deeply offended by, as a tax paying citizen, are the attorneys who were placed on school district payrolls and are now entitled to state pensions. That, to me, isn't working within the system -- it's gaming the system. Fortunately, Newsday's investigation of this has led to state and federal inquiries. We'll have to wait to see how this will all turn out. Hopefully those who have gotten away with so much will be stopped from getting away with more.