I remember my time when I made the transition from Memphis to Baltimore. I was a little buoyed by some unemployment compensation so I could make the switch with some income rather than trying to do it on the fly. One of the things you had to do was register for work with the unemployment office. When I did that, we were all there were waiting to see a counselor and people were coming and going and about 6 of us were sitting there. We were told when we asked, that they did not wait because it was veterans preference. Anyone knows that veteran preference is a numerical enhancement of your qualifications when they assess your tests and experience together to provide a numerical value there is usually 10 point veteran’s preference. But not waiting in line? I complained and was referred to the Baltimore County Executive’s office for a job. New guy got the job...result of Spiro Agnew resigning. Why he resigned VP was for what he did in Baltimore County. The current County Executive Dal
One of the four points of Main Street is promotions. I like to do promotions because i have a knack for production. In DuBois there was not many chances for production. We did the Tom Mix festival and that had a shootout and the like. One thing that could be done in the summer was a Farmers Market. Our farmers market was in a parking lot off the main street in town. The traffic layout of the downtown was not the greatest and the parking lot was hidden. So I asked them to move to a side street that intersected with the Main Street in the center of town. I went to the meeting and these folks were not very nice to me. They told me they were going somewhere else down on highway coming into town. When I say they weren't nice i mean they were actually hostile to me and pretty much laughed at me like I was some chuckle head and was going to smile and nod. So I left and told my board what happened and asked for permission to have my own Farmers Market. It appears that this fa