New Washington’s monument in Northeast Fire District

Elbert Walton Jr. looms over Northeast Fire District board member Robert Edwards, left, and Joe Washington, the fire chief with the golden parachute. (J.B. Forbes/Post-Dispatch)At a time when many Americans are worried about retirement security, it’s comforting to know that Joseph L. Washington, the new chief of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District, will be set for life. Unless he goes to prison. And possibly even then.The Post-Dispatch’s Elizabethe Holland reported last week tha

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