Day: February 4, 2010

Justice Department Seeks Retarded, Mentally Ill Lawyers

Justice Department Seeks Retarded, Mentally Ill Lawyers — The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division is seeking up to 10 experienced attorneys for the position of Trial Attorney in the Voting Section in Washington, D.C. The Civil Rights Division is primarily responsible for enforcing federal statutes and executive orders that prohibit, among other things, unlawful discrimination in voting, education, employment, housing, police services, public accommodations and facilities, and federally funded and conducted programs. 


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The Civil Rights Division encourages qualified applicants with targeted disabilities to apply. Targeted disabilities are deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorder, mental retardation, mental illness, severe distortion of limbs and/or spine. 

 

Sarah Palin speaks and Obama jumps.
Justice Department Seeks Retarded, Mentally Ill Lawyers

 

Harrisburg City Mulls Bankruptcy

Harrisburg City Mulls Bankruptcy — The City of Harrisburg is consider filing for bankruptcy, Bloomsburg.Com is reporting.

 
Pennsylvania’s capital, population 47,000, is facing $68.7 million in debt service payments in connection with the construction of a waste incinerator, according to a report by the consulting firm Management Partners. That’s $4 million more than its entire proposed operating budget.
 
The city guaranteed the $288 million debt for incinerator which is owned by the Harrisburg Authority.
 
The city is also considering tax and fee increases, and selling downtown assets.
 
This would be the first such default in Pennsylvania.
 

 

The city missed $3.5 million in debt obligations last year.
 

 

The city is controlled by Democrats. 
 
 
Harrisburg City Mulls Bankruptcy