Triple Dippers

03/28/2026

Where’s the Protest about Pension Cash Bonuses Public Employee Kings and Queens?
https://tripledippers.org/media-gallery-01/
While some are shouting about "No Kings Day," liberals are curiously silent about the real royalty in our own backyard.
Protesters are in the streets demanding equality, but where is the outrage over the Public Employee Pension Kings and Queens? These "nobles" are feasting on million dollar pension bonuses while your property taxes serve as their mandatory tribute.
The Double Standard: Activists shout about fair taxes, but ignore the $43 billion unfunded liability created by bureaucrat bonuses.
The Taxpayer Burden: 85% of Floridians have NO pension, yet their rising property tax bills are funding $230,000 average annual pensions for a select few.
The Hidden Costs: Taxpayers are forced to pay $2 million every year just to manage the paperwork for 303 separate city pension programs.
The Bonus Grab: Public employees aren't satisfied with a 5-year bonus; they are using their positions to take a 60% increase to an 8-year bonus.
It’s time to stop the selective outrage. If we want fair taxes and true equality, we must end the DROP gluttony and the millionaire pension bonuses that are driving up the cost of living for everyone else.
See the list of the Pension Royalty here:
https://tripledippers.org/fl-statewide-tripledippers-dec-2025/

02/16/2026

Fat Tuesday Taxpayer Rip-off Alert! While Floridians enjoy treats before Lent, Florida's Bureaucrats and Politicians are collecting fat pension bonuses and paychecks at the same time to do the same jobs raising property taxes. 33,259 pension bonuses handed out, including 795 over $1M! Top earners like John Kraft $2.4M from Univ. of Florida and Robert L. Allen $2.3M from Palm Beach Co Sheriff’s Dept Check the full list at https://tripledippers.org/fl-statewide-tripledippers-dec-2025/
Public Pension Bonuses are creating $43B in unfunded liabilities that hike property taxes. 85% of taxpayers have NO pension—why should bureaucrats and politicians get millionaire bonuses? Time to end DROP pension abuses and demand reform: Ban pension bonuses, cap at $50K, and prioritize tax relief! See Politicans and Bureucrats not satisfied with a 5 year pension bonus using their public positions to take a 60% increase to 8 year pension bonus. https://tripledippers.org/triple-dippers-hall-of-shame/
303 Cities run own pension programs to collect 62.5% more than regular FRS Pensions and cost $2 M a year to run.
https://tripledippers.org/fl-take-out-the-cape-coral-trash/

02/07/2026

Cape Coral Continues to Hide DROP Pension Bonus Records — New Website Exposes $1M+ Payouts and 131 City Employees https://tripledippers.org/fl-take-out-the-cape-coral-trash/
Cape Coral spends over $2 million every year to operate its own pension program — a program that hands out pension cash bonuses that are 50% to 80% higher than Sheriff Deputies, Teachers, Doctors and Scientists who use the standard Florida Retirement System, which is free. Without a vote of the people, the Mayor and City Council voted on June 5, 2024 to increase these pension bonuses by 60%, expanding the DROP from 5 years to 8 years so employees can collect a full salary and a pension bonus at the same time for doing the same job. Taxpayers deserve transparency, not a coverup. Dave Jaye, Lee County Taxpayers Association
https://www.facebook.com/LeeCountyTaxpayersAssociation

02/02/2026

Cape Coral $1M Pension Bonuses Cover-Up: Month 2 Update Cape Coral City Clerk Kimberly Bruns is STILL refusing to release public pension bonus records — and now demands $225 from taxpayers just to view documents the City already has! This is a clear violation of Florida's Sunshine Law, which mandates prompt access to public records without barriers. I filed this request on December 4, 2025.
First lie: "No such records exist."
Then: Partial info released (names, salaries, DROP start/end dates).
Now: Clerk Kimberly Bruns 239-574-0411 [email protected] is Still hiding the pension bonus/DROP accrual amounts — data Foster & Foster sends the City annually! Meanwhile, 131 Cape Coral employees are cashing in on 5-year and 8-year pension bonuses 50%–65% HIGHER than what teachers, sheriff deputies, doctors, nurses, scientists, and county workers get through the Florida Retirement System (FRS). Cape Coral's standalone pension system costs taxpayers $2M+ MORE per year than joining FRS for free — like Lee County, Collier County, Schools and most Florida governments do.

For comparison: Tripledippers.org gets monthly pension data on 32K Florida bureaucrats and politicians from FRS for FREE since 2018! https://tripledippers.org/ Cape Coral is the ONLY government putting a paywall on public pension records. We've estimated the pension bonuses ourselves and published 5-year/8-year cash projections for Cape Coral employees here:
www.TripleDippers.org/CapeCoralPensions and https://www.facebook.com/LeeCountyTaxpayersAssociation

Watch the full Cape Coral Pension Bonus Presentation (starts at 1:22:19):
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17z2Mtpo6K/
Hosted by Take Out the Trash Committee and Raise Your Voice Cape Coral. https://www.facebook.com/p/Take-Out-The-Trash-Committee-of-Cape-Coral-Inc-61574470514236/ and https://www.raiseyourvoicecc.org/

Clerk Kimberly Bruns: Release the 131 Pension Cash Bonus records NOW — without charging citizens! The full letter on the Clerk's Sunshine Law violation is attached. What do you think, Cape Coral? Share if you're outraged!

Dave Jaye, Chairman
Lee County Taxpayers Association
Researcher, https://tripledippers.org/
[email protected]

01/29/2026

Cape Coral Taxpayers Deserve Answers — And Property Tax Relief
Cape Coral taxpayers pay for one of the most expensive pension bonus schemes in Florida. Cape Coral spends about $2 million every year to operate its own standalone pension system so employees can receive nearly 50% higher pensions than School, County and State workers in the Florida Retirement System.
While families struggle with high property taxes and rising City water bills, City Hall quietly expanded its DROP pension bonus from Five years ($32.8 Million) to Eight Years ($52.4 Million) — a 60% increase in 2024 — while refusing to release the pension bonuses by employee name.
Under Cape Coral’s system, City employees can file “retirement” paperwork, but never leave their job. For eight years they collect a full paycheck and a full pension at the same time to do the same job— while paying zero into the retirement system! City Employees cash out unused days off at their final highest pay, not the original pay taking more money from taxpayers and artificially increasing their pension bonus and annual pension! https://tripledippers.org/
Cape Coral initially replied no such public documents exist responding to a formal request for City Pension Bonus data by employee. After threatening a lawsuit, limited employee pension information was provided, but no pension bonus numbers. Why? Google’s Co-Pilot estimates that the City Manager Michael ILCZYSZYN annual pay $336,980, 5-year pension bonus was $1,159,353 and 8-year pension bonus will be $1,853,394. See the top103 Cape Coral employee Pension cash bonuses at https://www.facebook.com/LeeCountyTaxpayersAssociation
These Pension bonuses are funded by taxpayers — 85% whom have no pension at all. Joining the Florida Retirement System — which costs Cape Coral nothing to administer — would save approximately $2 million every year while still providing a strong, stable pensions. Outlaw or limit Pension bonuses to $50,000. Those savings could finally deliver real property tax relief for Cape Coral homeowners.
Please attend the “Take out the Trash” Town Hall Meeting at Lake Kennedy Senior Center on Saturday, January 31, 2026, from 1–3 p.m. at 400 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral. https://www.facebook.com/events/1103612191852830
By Dave Jaye, Chairman, Lee County Taxpayers Association & Researcher, https://tripledippers.org/
https://www.facebook.com/LeeCountyTaxpayersAssociation

01/22/2026

URGENT: LAST DAY to voice your opinion on Lee County's proposed $156.6 Million, 1% sales tax hike! Deadline TODAY at 5 PM to send comments to [email protected] Tomorrow, Friday Jan 23 at 9 AM, Lee County Admin East Facility, Room 118 2201 Second Street, Fort Myers, FL the Lee County MPO Board (County Commissioners + city reps,) votes on advancing a $156.6 MILLION transportation sales tax increase.
https://www.winknews.com/news/lee/lee-county-weighs-1-sales-tax-rise-to-tackle-traffic-congestion/article_020b9414-0cf2-4268-b71a-f4b3681865b6.html
This isn't just "1 cent more"—it's a 15.3% jump on our current 6.5% sales tax rate, pushing it to 7.5% for 30 years! Sales tax hits hardest on fixed-income seniors, lower-income families, home repairs, clothes, groceries, and everyday essentials.

Regressive tax at its worst. The pitch? "Fix traffic congestion" from RSW Airport expansion and growth. Lee County Commissioners created this mess by approving massive airport growth without matching road capacity. Now they want taxpayers to bail them out instead of smarter solutions:
Privatize toll bridges
Shift to Uber/Lyft for transit (like other FL counties)
EV road-use fees to replace lost gas tax revenue
End Pension cash bonuses for Politicians and 128 County staff
Privatize Lee County Stadium, Tourism Department, Public Utilities, IT, Landscaping, Legal staff and Trades

This sales tax increase proposal takes 8% ($12.5M in 2027 alone) siphoned for admin/bureaucrats/overhead—while we already pay for Lee county Legal, finance and Traffic staff! Every dollar should go straight to roads/bridges.

Real drain? Triple-dipping pensions via DROP. 128 Lee County "triple dippers" cost taxpayers ~$34.6M in bonuses + $12M salaries + $3.2M benefits + extra employer payments—while avoiding their own contributions. Pension bonuses crowd out road funding. https://tripledippers.org/fl-lee-county-2025-report/

Even worse: 62 Lee County bureaucrats demand a **60% pension bonus increase**, claiming the five-year bonus isn't enough—they want eight years! Lee County Attorney Richard Wesch, unsatisfied with a $627,083 five-year bonus, used his public position to take a $1,289,095 eight years pension bonus—worsening Lee county's $5.4 million deficit—then backs a sales tax to plug Lee County’s Deficit. https://tripledippers.org/triple-dippers-hall-of-shame/

Send your opposition NOW to Calandra Barraco: [email protected] (before 5 PM today!)

Watch the WINK report: https://www.winknews.com/news/lee/lee-county-weighs-1-sales-tax-rise-to-tackle-traffic-congestion/article_020b9414-0cf2-4268-b71a-f4b3681865b6.html
Full details on Lee County Government pension abuse: https://tripledippers.org/fl-lee-county-2025-report/

01/17/2026

$429,129 Not Enough for Martin County Clerk Timmann — She Uses Political Power to Take a $761,067 Taxpayer-Funded Bonus https://www.facebook.com/FloridaTaxpayersAssociation
Martin County Clerk Carolyn Timmann has secured an extraordinary $761,067 pension cash bonus—on top of her $165,530 salary, $66,212 in annual benefits, and a lifetime pension boosted from $41,411 to approximately $73,442 per year. Timmann doesn’t pay the standard 3% of her salary ($4,965,9) to the Florida Retirement System shifting personal responsibility to taxpayers.
“Timmann decided her original $429,129 pension bonus wasn’t enough and used her political position to nearly double her taxpayer paid bonus,” said Dave Jaye, researcher at https://tripledippers.org/ . “How many gourmet meals, luxury cars, and vacation homes does one person need? Privatization, consolidation, and ending pension cash bonuses would help pay for real property tax relief.”
Public Invited to Ask Timmann Directly
Voters will have a rare opportunity to ask Clerk Timmann how much—if any—of her $761,067 taxpayerfunded pension bonus she will pledge in writing to donate to charity:
Thursday, January 22
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Schnitzel Haus
5687 SE Crooked Oak Ave, Hobe Sound 33455
Event details: https://mctaxpayers.org/events/
A System Built for Politicians
Florida’s “tripledipping” law allows politicians—but not regular public employees—to retire on paper, collect a massive pension cash bonus, and return to their political job immediately.
All other public employees must leave their job for six months after collecting the pension bonus before returning.
This system has helped create $39 billion in unfunded Florida Retirement System liabilities, equal to $1,725 for every man, woman, and child in Florida.
Taxpayers also contribute 28.73% of her salary—$47,556 per year and rising—into her retirement and Social Security accounts.
Inflated Payouts Through “Unused Leave” CashOuts
After taking her pension bonus, Timmann will cash out 15+ years of unused leave at her current highest salary, not the salary she earned when the days off accrued—artificially inflating her finalyear compensation and her lifetime pension.
The Local Impact
The average Martin County resident earns $42,726 per year. It would take the average worker 17.8 years to earn what Timmann receives in a single pension cash bonus.
Meanwhile, only 45% of Martin County high school students are jobready and only 32.3% are collegeready. Timmann’s $761,067 pension bonus could fund 36,900 hours of tutoring for local students.
Full Statewide Data Available
The statewide list of 30,626 Florida Triple Dippers is available at:
https://tripledippers.org/fl-statewide-tripledippers-oct-2025/
More information on Timmann’s pension bonus and other Florida doubledippers:
https://tripledippers.org/triple-dippers-hall-of-shame /
Contact: Dave Jaye, Researcher
https://tripledippers.org • [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/tripledippers/
http://edr.state.fl.us/content/local-government/reports/finsal23.pdf
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/-in-Stuart,FL
https://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforce_operations/retirement/employers/contribution_rates
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/florida/districts/martin-school-district/martin-county-high-school-5256
https://www.indeed.com/career/tutor/salaries/stuart--fl

01/17/2026

$429,129 Not Enough for Martin County Clerk Timmann — She Uses Political Power to Take a $761,067 Taxpayer-Funded Bonus https://www.facebook.com/FloridaTaxpayersAssociation Martin County Clerk Carolyn Timmann has secured an extraordinary $761,067 pension cash bonus—on top of her $165,530 salary, $66,212 in annual benefits, and a lifetime pension boosted from $41,411 to approximately $73,442 per year. Timmann doesn’t pay the standard 3% of her salary ($4,965,9) to the Florida Retirement System shifting personal responsibility to taxpayers.
“Timmann decided her original $429,129 pension bonus wasn’t enough and used her political position to nearly double her taxpayer paid bonus,” said Dave Jaye, researcher at https://tripledippers.org/ . “How many gourmet meals, luxury cars, and vacation homes does one person need? Privatization, consolidation, and ending pension cash bonuses would help pay for real property tax relief.”
Public Invited to Ask Timmann Directly
Voters will have a rare opportunity to ask Clerk Timmann how much—if any—of her $761,067 taxpayerfunded pension bonus she will pledge in writing to donate to charity:
Thursday, January 22
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Schnitzel Haus
5687 SE Crooked Oak Ave, Hobe Sound 33455
Event details: https://mctaxpayers.org/events/
A System Built for Politicians
Florida’s “tripledipping” law allows politicians—but not regular public employees—to retire on paper, collect a massive pension cash bonus, and return to their political job immediately.
All other public employees must leave their job for six months after collecting the pension bonus before returning.
This system has helped create $39 billion in unfunded Florida Retirement System liabilities, equal to $1,725 for every man, woman, and child in Florida.
Taxpayers also contribute 28.73% of her salary—$47,556 per year and rising—into her retirement and Social Security accounts.
Inflated Payouts Through “Unused Leave” CashOuts
After taking her pension bonus, Timmann will cash out 15+ years of unused leave at her current highest salary, not the salary she earned when the days off accrued—artificially inflating her finalyear compensation and her lifetime pension.
The Local Impact
The average Martin County resident earns $42,726 per year. It would take the average worker 17.8 years to earn what Timmann receives in a single pension cash bonus.
Meanwhile, only 45% of Martin County high school students are jobready and only 32.3% are collegeready. Timmann’s $761,067 pension bonus could fund 36,900 hours of tutoring for local students.
Full Statewide Data Available
The statewide list of 30,626 Florida Triple Dippers is available at:
https://tripledippers.org/fl-statewide-tripledippers-oct-2025/
More information on Timmann’s pension bonus and other Florida doubledippers:
https://tripledippers.org/triple-dippers-hall-of-shame /
Contact: Dave Jaye, Researcher
https://tripledippers.org • [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/tripledippers/
http://edr.state.fl.us/content/local-government/reports/finsal23.pdf
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/-in-Stuart,FL
https://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforce_operations/retirement/employers/contribution_rates
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/florida/districts/martin-school-district/martin-county-high-school-5256
https://www.indeed.com/career/tutor/salaries/stuart--fl

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12/16/2025

Unfunded Greed: The Unspoken Budget Item Guaranteeing Cushy Retirements To State Employees - Miami Independent

What the State of Florida is giving to their retirees - as a supplemental pension bonus - could substantially reduce Florida’s property taxes.

12/13/2025

Christmas Comes Early at Taxpayer Expense: 436 Florida Bureaucrats Pocket Outrageous Pension Bonuses This December 2025, Some over $1 Million!

This taxpayer-funded "triple dipping" creates higher property taxes and a $40 billion unfunded pension crisis. https://tripledippers.org/fl-statewide-tripledippers-oct-2025/

Fake Retirement Incentive: After collecting their enormous bonus bureaucrats can resume same position after six months. Politicians take pension bonuses and continue in office. https://tripledippers.org/triple-dippers-hall-of-shame/
The Triple Dip: Politicians and Bureaucrats file fake retirement paperwork and collect full salary and a full pension for 8 to 10 years and don’t pay the standard 3% of salary to the Florida Retirement System. They cash-out unused days off at their highest final salary, not salary when days off were earned.
Mounting Taxpayer Burden: Over 120,000 State, School and Local government Politicians and Bureaucrats receiving pension cash bonuses have created high property taxes and $40 billion unfunded pension liability. https://reason.org/commentary/florida-must-stay-the-course-to-pay-for-promised-pension-benefits/

Will any of these 436 Bureaucrats taking early Christmas gifts courtesy of taxpayers commit in writing to donating a portion of their bonus to charity? Asked Dave Jaye Researcher at https://tripledippers.org/ “End Pension bonuses to pay for property tax relief”.