Post Office
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fake consultant
I’m going to be really honest with you: after all the fights at the mall to get just the right present for everybody and the giant hassle of going to the Post Office so I can get the perfect stamps for my cards – and then worrying that I left someone off the list – I am just not in the mood to do a 9/11 story.
And it’s been getting worse every year. I mean, just like the “It’s Christmas Every Day Store”, I know there’s one of the “9/11 Every Day” stores open, in the all-too-human form of Rudy Giuliani, and I’ve learned to live with that, but it seems like they got started with the 9/11 earlier than ever this year – and by the time the TV memorials and analysis and retrospectives are all over, to paraphrase Lewis Black…I’m going to hate freedom.
In an effort to stave off this fate, we’ll be headed in a different direction today: I have three stories to pass along; each is important enough that you really should know about them, and yet they’re each very much bite-sized and easily digestible.
It’s all good stuff…so let’s get right to it.
A Blogger Never Forgets His First Subpoena
You probably wouldn't know it by reading any of North Dakota's newspapers, but litigation is still pending between a whistleblower who is suing North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI), and the State, for illegally retaliating against him by terminating his employment with the state last year. You'll recall Dr. James Long uncovered what he believed to be illegal conduct being engaged in by WSI's CEO and others, he blew the whistle and then was semi-promptly sent packing. WSI fabricated an assortment of explanations for Long's termination so Long -- and two other WSI employees who received settlements from the State -- sued WSI and the State of North Dakota for violating North Dakota's whistleblower protection laws. According to information available on the North Dakota Supreme Court's website, the case is scheduled to go before a jury in February of next year. Discovery has to be completed by December of this year. The case is being defended by Randall J. Bakke and Mitchell D. Armstrong at the law firm of Smith Bakke Porsborg and Schweigert in Bismarck. They have been appointed by North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to be Special Assistant Attorneys General, fighting for our state government's right to retaliate against whistle blowers. Your tax dollars are going to the lawyers in this private firm who are defending WSI's termination of Dr.
Post Office FAIL yet again. The clerk is trying to convince me that 2 packages I'm picking up are actually 1. #fb (via Twitter)
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“Post Office FAIL yet again. The clerk is trying to convince me that 2 packages I'm picking up are actually 1. ”
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Creigh Deeds for Governor!
Four years ago this month I made my first contribution to support Creigh Deeds' campaign for attorney general. The story of how I came to send that $10 check to Post Office Drawer D in Hot Springs is one of the main reasons I endorse Creigh Deeds for Governor.
I knew Creigh and Sen. John Edwards were both running for the AG nomination, but I had only met Creigh, when he came to Harrisonburg in April 2004 to stump at a rubber chicken dinner for Alan Finks, who was running for City Council. After looking over the websites and reading about both candidates, I decided to support Creigh.
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