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hk

On 4/13/10 12:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:50:59 -0400,
wrote:

On 4/13/10 11:42 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:17:50 -0400,
wrote:

I see. You want to displace hard-working, law-abiding citizens with
convict laborers earning what, 13 cents an hour? Welcome to the gulag.

They were being displaced by a park ranger making $12 an hour, doing
electrical work in areas that were open to the public. I think I would
rather have a journeyman electrician doing it who had the misfortune
of being caught with 3 joints in his sock.

I would rather have a licensed, out of jail, electrician doing
electrical work in areas open to the public, rather than a convict or a
park ranger.

We all would but, for some reason, nobody wants to give the parks any
money. Now that state budgets are stressed, it will only get worse.
Everyone wants to go to a nice park but they think it should be free.
Even a couple dollar user fee usually draws howls from the public and
that is chump change compared to real operational costs.

A few lawsuits in public facilities resulting from accidents involving
electrical wiring installed by non-licensed "handymen" ought to open
some eyes.

sovereign immunity laws make it pretty hard to sue the state.

For gross negligence? :)

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