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Group: az.politics · Group Profile
Author: Right
Date: Apr 20, 2011 04:05

On 4/19/2011 6:36 PM, God's Debris wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:50:37 -0700, Right
> wrote:
>
>> AP
>> ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida officials are investigating an unemployment
>> agency that spent public money to give 6,000 superhero capes to the jobless.
>>
>> Workforce Central Florida spent more than $14,000 on the red capes as
>> part of its "Cape-A-Bility Challenge" public relations campaign. The
>> campaign featured a cartoon character, "Dr. Evil Unemployment," who
>> needs to be vanquished.
>>
>> Florida's unemployment agency director asked Monday for an investigation
>> of the regional operation's spending after the Orlando Sentinel
>> published a story about the program. State director Cynthia Lorenzo said
>> the spending appeared to be "insensitive and wasteful."
>>
>> Workforce Central Florida Director Gary J. Earl defends the program,
>> saying it is part of a greater effort to connect with the community. The
>> agency says it served 210,000 people during its last fiscal year,
>> placing nearly 59,000 in jobs.
>
>
> Sounds cool to me. The Gvt needs to have a sense of humor about itself
> and what it does.

I agree. It was cool when Saddam Hussein dressed guys in a Superman
outfit and pushed them off a building to see them fly. He had a sense of
humor about poor people too.
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