Gov. Bob McDonnell has appointed former state Sen. Frederick M. Quayle to the Virginia Parole Board, finding a state post for an ex-GOP lawmaker who was drawn out of his Senate seat in redistricting.
Quayle will earn $52,000 per year as a part-time member of the parole board, which has two full-time positions -- chairman and vice chairman. The appointment means Quayle's taxpayer-supplied pension could be based on his parole-board salary, rather than the $18,000 per year he was paid as a senator.
State pensions are based upon the three highest years of salary. But it is not guaranteed that Quayle would be in the post for three years. Virginians will elect the state's next governor in November 2013.
Democrats, who controlled the Senate last year, had put Quayle into a district with Sen. Harry B. Blevins, R-Chesapeake, and moved Quayle's district to Northern Virginia.
In November Richard H. Black was elected as the senator in the new district, representing Loudoun County, Manassas and western Prince William County.
Quayle, who has a law degree from the University of Richmond, has lectured on politics and government at Old Dominion and Christopher Newport universities.
Last June the Senate honored Quayle, who retired after 20 years. Quayle had been absent on the day the new districts were drawn up.
"It is not a good idea to call in sick to the Senate," Quayle said.
-- Andrew Cain
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