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Words fail.

Over the years, city hall gives away tens of millions of dollars to retiring employees as parting gifts before they collect their sweet-deal pensions. The average per person scores more than $10,000.

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Last year alone, 448 staffers laughed all the way to the bank while the city taxpayer forked out $4.6 million.

The city hands out the bon voyage bucks for almost 40 years and there is no record city council ever approved this doling out of dough.

There is no record of any city tall forehead thumbs-upping the bye-bye cheques.

There is no record of exactly when this started or why this all happened.

There is no paper trail. They tell you to follow the money. We can’t follow the money, except out the door.

All we get is a flippant answer from city brass.

“It seems to be lost in the mists of time.”

Those are the actual syllables, too clever by half. I kid you not.

Yes, words fail.

After all the absurdity and stupidity and secrecy and wilful blindness at city hall, finally words fail.