DROP Pension Recipient Marge Tartaglione Is Latest Target Of Challenge

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The woman who oversees Philadelphia elections — City Commissioner Marge Tartaglione — finds that her own re-election bid is now being challenged because of her participation in the DROP pension program.

Her City Hall office was the scene of a protest this morning by a group of local activists identifying themselves with tongue in cheek as the “Citizens of Philadelphia Collection Agency.”

“I want a refund,” says Ellen Chapman, one of the ten demanding that Tartaglione return her DROP (“Deferred Retirement Option Plan”) payment if she intends on running for re-election.

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