Sweet pensions, secrecy laws: L.A. has its own ugly swamp that needs draining, but where’s the leadership?

This is it.

I’m going into retirement and wanted you to be the first to know.

But I worked out a really sweet deal with my employer.

I’m going to keep writing columns for five more years so that I can collect my regular pay and my retirement pay simultaneously.

It’s a double-dip bonanza.

All I’ve…