Daily Archives: May 1, 2009

State Sneaks In Elimination of Local Library Funding

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I just received the following from my cousin Kathleen, a librarian in central Florida:

“We just got the bulletin in today that Florida Legislature met yesterday, April 30th and agreed to eliminate State Aid to Public Libraries funding completely from the state budget for the coming year.
We are asking that Governor Crist be contacted within the next 48 hours, to ask him to intervene.
Elimination of State Aid will force closing of libraries around the state and especially impact rural areas. Please let your voice be heard in some manner.
Speaker of the House, Larry Cretul  — larry.cretul@myfloridahouse.gov ;
Jeff Atwater, Senate President – atwater.jeff.web@flsenate.gov ;
Rep. David Riviera (r), Chair – David.rivera@myfloridahouse.gov ;
Senator JD Alexander (r), Chair – alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov .
If you have computer access and care to notify these gentlemen before Sunday midnight, it will help libraries throughout the state. Thanks for all your help in this matter.”
Well, don’t just sit there goggle-eyed.  DO something!

Execs Sentenced to Prison for Environmental and Employee Health Conspiracy

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It boggles the mind how foolish some people can be. Greed must be able to derail common sense.
clipped from www.ens-newswire.com
“These sentences show that senior managers, as well as companies, will be prosecuted when they break the law,”
“These sentences mete out just punishment for the company and its employees’ disregard of the law which was demonstrated during the longest environmental crimes trial in this country’s history for multiple violations of worker safety and environmental protection laws,”
The jury determined that the company concealed serious worker injuries from health and safety inspectors, and maintained a dangerous workplace that contributed to multiple injuries, including severe burns, broken bones and amputations and the death of one employee at the Phillipsburg plant.

Those sentences were: 70 months for former plant manager John Prisque; 41 months for former human resources manager Scott Faubert; 30 months for former maintenance superintendent Jeffrey Maury; and six months for former Atlantic States finishing department head Craig Davidson.

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