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I am just really bummed out. I have worked too hard to get what I have, a good job, house, new truck... to have it taken away for a stupid little thing like that. I have not, nor will I ever be a threat to any child, and they think I am? What about all the people at school sporting events? why not background check them? aaarrrgggghhh!!!

Its not just Dade, its the whole state, I live outside Dade. And my crime was a misdemeanor with ajudification withheld.

Below is the article from the miami herald, it sums it up. But, here goes, one night 14 years ago (I was 19) I went fishing with my friends and on the trip home I drove my buddys p/u truck. He was drunk and I didnt drink, he was on probation too. we get pulled over for people in the bed sitting on the inner wheel wells and the cop says they need to sit dow. Cool so far, he asks who truck, I say his and point to my buddy. They run our names and say your on probation to him, he nodes, yup. The cop askes about weapons/drugs he says none on him, cop asks to search truck, he say ok. Cop find pot 1/8 oz bag under HIS seat. writes us all up a ticket for poss of pot. I plead say I dont smoke, test me, he says tell the judge. court date comes and young and dumb me says to the judge not my pot, I was doing the right thing as a designated driver. He offers a no judgement/ajudification withheld and pay a fine, he assures me there will be no record. Well there is, and after 8 years at the phone company I will be let go. read article below Miami Herald, The (FL) February 22, 2007 Section: Business Edition: Final Page: 1C Workers' pasts may end jobs NIALA BOODHOO [email protected] More than three dozen local phone company workers are finding that past transgressions, unearthed by Miami-Dade County School Board criteria related to the Jessica Lunsford Act, may now cost them their jobs. The workers are rarely, if ever, on school grounds, and are bewildered because their crimes have nothing to do with children. But AT&T says the company cannot allow the workers to continue to go out on calls if they aren't cleared by Miami-Dade's standards. AT&T and the workers' union say the Miami-Dade criteria is more strict than that in neighboring counties. Take Carlos Balido. Almost 20 years ago, the service technician pleaded no contest to possession of marijuana. Now, with four years to go to retirement, Balido is being told that act will cost him his current position with AT&T. "I'm in jeopardy of losing everything, just because of the way that they're interpreting the law," Balido said. Two years ago, state regulators passed the law after 6-year-old Jessica Lunsford was killed in Homasassa. The man accused of killing her, John Couey, is now on trial in Miami. The law named after her requires fingerprinting and criminal background checks for contractors who work at public schools while children are present. APPEALS DENIED Thirty-seven AT&T workers, who say their jobs rarely take them near school property, are on unpaid leave from the company because they have not been cleared by local school board standards, according to the workers' union. AT&T said the workers may appeal the process to the school board, but workers say their appeals have been denied. The union is lobbying school board members here and lawmakers in Tallahassee to help the workers. If they are not cleared by April, the workers worry they will be terminated. Some think they may lose pensions and healthcare benefits. "This has nothing to do with kids," said one worker, Ken Matthews. Thirty years ago, he was charged with aggravated assault after he joined his brother in a fight. The employees and their families, many of whom asked not to be named, say they are worried about losing their livelihoods. Some of them are parents and foster parents themselves, and they say they are bewildered they have been singled out because of an act intended to protect children from predators. Things they did decades before -- in some cases unknown to their families -- are being unearthed, sometimes from sealed records. "When you're growing up, people do a lot of stupid things" said Matthews, 55, a facility technician who has worked for the phone company for 37 years and is incredulous he is facing forced early retirement. Under Miami-Dade School Board policy, anyone with a criminal record, including pretrial intervention, adjudication withheld or guilty pleas related to 25 different crimes, cannot be hired as an employee or work on school grounds. Many crimes on the list involve children, such as child abuse, but other offenses include drug possession, aggravated assault and battery. INTERPRETATIONS Each county has different ways of dealing with the law. In Monroe, the school board is screening for crimes against children, rape or murder. In Broward, the board screens for a similar list to Miami-Dade's but has an appeals process that considers the actual crime and when it was committed and takes into account letters of recommendation from employer, said Joe Melita, who heads the district's special investigative unit and meets personally with those who are appealing. One contractor came through the Broward appeals process after being flagged because of a lewd and lascivious charge. It turned out to be public urination on the side of a Florida highway during a trip 20 years ago, said Melita, who considered the worker's otherwise clean record and letters of recommendation from his employer before clearing him to be allowed on school grounds. "Ninety-nine percent of the cases don't involve children. And if it [does], we're not going to help them," said Don Abicht, president of Communication Workers of America Local 3122. But Abicht thinks that Miami-Dade and Orange counties have stepped "way over the edge" in their interpretations of the act. 'HOG LARCENY' In Orange County, phone workers who were flagged include a longtime worker who was charged with "hog larceny" -- shooting a pig outside of hunting season 30 years ago. He was later cleared, union officials say. AT&T Florida spokesman Don Sadler said the company is offering other jobs to workers who ask to be transferred. The work would be mostly as service representatives or engineering assistants, said Sadler, who did not know whether the pay was comparable to the cable and service technicians jobs. It's not possible to flag the affected workers so they aren't called out to schools, said Sadler. "Our network is enormous, and it is extremely complex in its design. We don't know if our technicians might have to end up working on school property," he said. BEYOND THE LAW Sadler said the company supported proposed legislation in Tallahassee that would revise and standardize background screening checks for school contractors, saying that what is happening to these workers goes beyond the intent of the original law. "To lose an employee on a situation like this is something we're going to work hard on resolving," he said, adding he understood the Miami-Dade School Board was meeting Friday to further discuss the situation. School Superintendent Rudy Crew said Wednesday that this was a "board matter." "It will be taken up at the appropriate time," he said declining to comment further. To date, about 12,000 contract workers have been fingerprinted, the first step in the background checks, according to the school board. About 4 percent of those workers have since been told not to work on school grounds. Cable repairman Marshall Morton says he feels betrayed by the company and the school board. "It's extreme," said Morton, 38, who was flagged because of a possession charge almost 15 years ago. "I've got two kids. I've got to keep a roof over their head. They're really hurting us." Miami Herald staff researcher Monika Leal contributed to this report.

Sadly I can relate all too well, its been a couple years for me and I still cant feel love like I did. I get weird dreams like that too, had one last night. I was in my ex's parents house, when she lived with them, they where there (her parents) and I was in her room sitting on the edge of the bed looking out the door. I just sat there and watched them move about the house doing shit...weird huh? Then I woke up to some A-hole banging a mini sledghammer on the back of a dump truck near the back of my property @ 4am!!!!

Damn...This topis is HOT! 92+ posts

Yeah, I guess that would. They avoid me due to the amount of gun activity, carrying various weapons to and from my truck (like my M4 + 12ga)

I dont understand why a chick would dump a good catch for a loser. Happened to me, 8years together, bought a house 3brdm/2bath, bought her a brand new car, fancy dinning, vacations, ect. She leaves me and marries a singer of a warehouse band thats day job is a security guard. They struggle to afford an appartment. Same thing happened when I was younger (19) had a 3 years relationship with a girl that thought it was better to go clubbing in miami then spend time with me. Guess what? She calls me every 6 months or so to say "Why did we ever break up" , she see's now that I have a good job a house and nice stuff. Hmmm.... Big mistake. But, I am just to nice I guess, should treat them like shit, thats what they left me to goto. go figure? Later & good luck understanding women

I wish you the best, the worst part will be when you are alone and bored. So don't be, hang with friends and do things. I dove deep into work when my chic and I broke it off, worked like 65-70 weeks and was to exhausted to be lonely. Bought me a Bad Ass truck with the money! Good Luck

Unfortunatly I have to agree, If you have a gut feeling that something is wrong it probably is. I have been through it twice and have been left jaded, untrusting, sceptical, and lonely. It sucks when people are deceptive and lie. I hope this is not the case for you. I aslo live in Ft. Lauderdale (commercial near I95) if you get bad news, catch her cheating, or anything like that and you need someone to hang with to cool off call me 9542615109. Hope everything works out, got my finger crossed for you. Dan

I looked up part#30019 and it said that unit cant be used on the SS, damn! So the question is what do I do with it now? I dont even know if it can be used again. The guy that bought it used it on his truck about two years ago, now the truck is sold. so he gave this thing to my brother in law, and he gave it to me. Any advice?

haha yes we do, fellow neighboors need to unite lol the truck will be perfect as soon as its not an everyday driver.... sold the cobalt ss s/c, but plan on getting a CTS-V in the next few months, so the truck and the garage can become very close friends Lets all meet somewhere, maybe the tower shops? or the beach? I want to see kelleyperformance's setup, get some ideas which way to go first. Want to see the LT headers in a truck

YEah , when I was younger I dated a cops daughter. She was innocent looking to the outside world, but she was a freak too. Little freak used to do me at work, I was her manager at a video store. Little backroom action that thing !

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THANKS

Thanks everyone, It a beautiful sunday and I am feeling much better. I was just down in the dumps lastnight.

yeah, I wanted to get a set but only saw the funky style dynatechs, with the up over and down primary on the drive side. Part # PLEASE and how are they?

Well here I am sitting at home bored, lonely and feeling old. I am 33 and was in a relationship for 8 years, thought I be in it forever, but she left to live in KY with her family. That was 3 years ago, now I am stuck in a rut. I haven’t been out to bars/clubs/dating scene in general in 10+ years, I feel married and settled down, but I'm alone. Live in a 3/2 house by myself and its weird not having anyone around. I had two dogs, but she has them now which is kind of better. She wanted to split them up and each take one but that would have sucked for the dogs they would miss each other. So, what am I saying? I don't know, just rambling on about being lonely and old and feeling opportunity has passed me by to have a family. Just wish things went better for me in the relationship department. Don’t mean to drag you guys down on a Saturday night, hope you all are having fun signed The Lone SSer

This has me on the floor

Does the government owe you or someone you know money? Check this site and if they do collect and send me my cut YOU CAN IGNORE THE CASE # FIELD, just use the last name http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/comp/refunds/

Check the link, and if anyone gets any money back from this remember my cut http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/comp/refunds/ my loan is at about 50% LTV, I only had a 760 credit score when I got the loan so I guess thats why I am paying PMI. My income (live alone) is under 100k. Wells Fargo says I cant drop it until the five years mark. oops, forgot to say its an FHA loan

Got a chuckle out of this, my truck is stock and I've been trying to stop the belt from chirping on the 1-2 shift.

You must not have read the posts I made, I have a FIXED RATE loan 6% I was asking about PMI refund, and bitching about the price of insurance and taxes

Does anyone know about PMI refunds? Anyone ?