Inner City Studies Prof. Robert Starks to retire after 30-years
Says pension rules will hurt him
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By Chinta Strausberg
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Inner City Studies Professor Robert Starks is retiring, effective May 31, 2012, after 30-years of service, but he’s promise to return in the fall to teach part-time at the request of Dr. Conrad Worrill, head of that institution.
It was Worrill who gave Starks a retiring party where he asked his long-time friend to come back in the fall.
Later, during an interview on WVON’s Cliff Kelley show, Starks said he hopes to finish that book on Mayor Washington which will include Cliff Kelley’s contribution to the movement that helped elect Washington in 1983.
Starks, known for his stormy Tuesday night meetings on black politics in the basement of Inner City Studies, explained that he is retiring because if you don’t retire after a certain number of years “they will take ten percent off your pension.†Starks said he can’t afford that. “I’m getting out while I can,†he told Kelley who suggested he run for Fifth Ward alderman.
Chinta Strausberg is a Journalist of more than 33-years, a former political reporter and a current PCC Network talk show host. You can e-mail Strausberg at: Chintabernie@aol.com.
