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Rendell pension tops $73,000
Brad Bumsted is a state Capitol reporter for the Tribune-Review. He can be contacted via e-mail or at 717-787-1405.
Rendell gets the pension -- from serving 16 years as the city's mayor and district attorney -- in addition to his $145,033 salary last year as Pennsylvania's chief executive, according to a copy of Rendell's 2005 federal tax returns released by his office Tuesday. The average workers' wage in Pennsylvania last year was $38,000.
Rendell, a Democrat, is likely to face Republican challenger Lynn Swann in November. Neither has primary opposition May 16.
Swann will release his tax returns "soon," said his spokeswoman, Melissa Walters, adding that there is no specific timetable. Walters said Swann had no comment on Rendell's returns.
Rendell and his wife, Marjorie, a federal appeals court judge, had an adjusted gross income of $618,560 last year. Their salaries accounted for $322,804. The first lady, who serves on the 3rd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, was paid $157,733.
The governor also gets a $15,000 salary from Comcast for working as an analyst on Philadelphia Eagles post-game shows. Kate Philips, his spokeswoman, said he donates to charity the Comcast fee and $20,000 from the University of Pennsylvania for teaching a class.
The Rendells reported $192,171 from the sale of stock and $15,307 in dividends.
Philips said the capital gains resulted from the sale of inherited stock and was part of a "rebalancing" of the Rendells' portfolio.
The Rendells paid $129,389 in federal taxes last year and donated $49,869 to charity.
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