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Group: az.politics · Group Profile
Author: BobRBobR Date: Apr 20, 2011 04:09
On Apr 19, 8:36 pm, God's Debris dead.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:50:37 -0700, Right
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>>AP
>>ORLANDO, Fla. Florida officials are investigating an unemployment
>>agency that spent public money to give 6,000 superhero capes to the jobless.
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>>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.
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>>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."
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>>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.
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> Sounds cool to me. The Gvt needs to have a sense of humor about itself
> and what it does
Oh we have a great sense of humor, just look at who is the President.
A monumental joke on the entire country.
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