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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

University of Texas System

Welcome to the visitor from University of Texas System

https://www.utsystem.edu/

Austin, Texas

https://www.austintexas.org/

Aquai/Aquine

https://aquaiaquineblog.blogspot.com/

One can only hope you stayed long enough

to get down to the meat of the post?

Not sure how things are going with the ‘Fast Food Restaurants’ in your state however;

In Florida it is and has been a disaster for years!

As I stated in that post, as a ‘Union Man’ I believe one should be paid well plus benefits that fit the job.

As a frequent customer of fast food restaurant in Florida, one should expect to be treated well and get what you paid for?

After all,

one would think that any restaurant

needs return customers

as well as satisfied customers?

Friday, April 12, 2019

“Fast Food Restaurant minimum wage”?

If a restaurant, any restaurant,

would pay and care for

real good employees,

their service, and their food.

Customers

would always outgrow

their competition

and this would mean

more money in the pocket.

Fast food like Wal-Mart is too big for their britches.

https://www.southernthing.com/too-big-for-his-britches-2544966678.html

AS a proud, now retired,

‘Union Steward,’

I believer in

the workers of my country

and Mother Earth for that matter.

While we are on this subject, pay should never be by ‘Gender’!

It must not be because you are

white, black, red, brown, yellow, or (lgbtq).

Not because of your ancestors or the country they are from.

It is, or should be,

‘how well you do the job’!

This last one

is the subject of today’s posting!

When anyone around my age and of a union, we are talking $15 minimum plus ‘real benefits’!

Being paid for your work

must be by your

qualifications, knowledge, experience, neatness

and

not because of your

color or lack thereof!

Unfortunately my friends,

this is only the beginning of this story!

When was the last time you pulled up to a window of a

“Fast Food Restaurant”?

That person

as you pull up

and

the rest of the employees

are screaming for $15 per hour,

some even want more.

https://pasileylfloridanews.blogspot.com/2019/04/about-half-of-floridians-are-living.html

Because we only have one car

and

Florida is now a ‘Gun Shine State,’

http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2019/04/12/florida-returns-to-its-gunshine-state-roots-a-year-after-parkland/

And

We always take our dogs along for the ride;

we like to treat ourselves to a lunch out,

the dogs food is always with us.

Our trips in Florida turns out to be

a challenge just to get your order,

let alone getting it right the first time

and

if you take too long

someone behind you is on the horn!

As a

‘Working Forman’ for 25 of my 40 years,

not only would I not pay some of them $15.

I would try to retrain or I would fire them!

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Particle Pollution blamed for more than 107,000 deaths

Particle Pollution blamed for more than

107,000 deaths in the United States in 2011!

Costing $866 Billion Dollars!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/health/particle-pollution-study/index.html

Air Pollution Linked to More Than 107,000

Premature Deaths in U.S. in 2011: Study

Posted 12:22 PM, April 8, 2019, by CNN Wire

https://ktla.com/2019/04/08/air-pollution-linked-to-more-than-107000-premature-deaths-in-u-s-in-2011-study/

Air pollution is deadly:

A new study links exposure to it to more than 107,000 premature deaths in the United States in 2011.

It isn’t just killing us;

it cost the country $866 billion,

more than double the value of all the economic activity in a country like Ireland,

according to the study, published Monday

in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Particulate matter, or particle pollution,

is the mix of solid and liquid droplets floating in the air,

to the Environmental Protection Agency.

It can come in the form of dirt, dust, soot or smoke.

Particulate pollution comes from

coal- and natural gas-fired plants. Cars, agriculture, unpaved roads, construction sites

and

wildfires can also create it.

This study focused on the harm caused by the tiniest particulate matter,

PM2.5.

It’s so tiny –1/20th of a width of a human hair — that you cannot see it,

and

it can travel past your body’s

usual defenses.

Instead of being breathed out,

it can get stuck in your lungs

go into your bloodstream.

The particles cause irritation and inflammation

and

can lead to respiratory problems.

Long-term exposure can cause cancer, stroke and heart attack.

Particulate pollution in the air we breathe

kills hundreds of thousands a year, study finds

Posted 9:24 AM, April 9, 2019, by CNN Wire

https://fox43.com/2019/04/09/particulate-pollution-in-the-air-we-breathe-kills-hundreds-of-thousands-a-year-study-finds/

Saturday, April 6, 2019

America needs to, ‘Obey our own law from 1941’!

America, ‘Obey your own law from 1941’!

I like what it is that Representative now running to be our president,

Tim Ryan (D-OH), is promising to do however;

he needs a better group of people checking history!

https://twitter.com/RepTimRyan

He was right to pin outsourcing

on then president some 20 years ago.

However;

The Berry Amendment two days before my birthday

shows that this country has been outsourcing for over 78 years!

Wouldn’t it be great if congress

would refine and obey their own

‘Congress Laws’?

Under a 1941 law, most of the military’s uniform items

must be made in the U.S.A.

Change this to ‘All of the military’s uniforms’!

The Berry Amendment

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL31236.pdf

Directs the Defense Department to give preference in procurement to domestically produced or manufactured products, including clothing and fabrics. The idea is to create American jobs and protect the supply chain in times of conflict.

“Basically they didn’t want things to be outsourced,”

Carter said.

“They didn’t want people to be in the American military wearing something made in China.”

But for decades, sneakers were exempt from that rule. Instead, recruits were given about $90 to buy shoes themselves.

The Pentagon argued U.S. made shoes were too costly, too limited, and not durable enough to meet the military’s needs.

Around 98 percent of shoes are imported from other countries,

where labor and manufacturing costs are lower.

The military postponed buying American-made sneakers,

claiming a lack of availability.

https://www.cpr.org/news/story/thanks-to-congress-military-recruits-now-wear-american-made-sneakers

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

How Elections Could Significantly Change

Here's How Elections Could Significantly Change In CT

A committee passed a slew of election-related bills,

including one to require

presidential candidates to release tax returns.

By Rich Scinto, Patch Staff | Apr 2, 2019 12:40 pm ET

It’s about time?

This is only about 250 (243), years in waiting!

https://patch.com/connecticut/montville-ct/s/go4w2/heres-how-elections-could-significantly-change-in-ct?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=alert

Read on if you will?

HARTFORD, CT

The Government Administration and Elections Committee approved a number of bills that could lead to major changes in how Connecticut residents vote. The bills now head to the General Assembly for another vote.

Disclosure of Presidential and Gubernatorial Candidate Federal Taxes

Another bill would require presidential and gubernatorial candidates to publicly disclose at least two years worth of tax returns in order to appear on the ballot. Several other states are pushing for similar measures, but there is debate whether it would stand up to a court challenge. President Donald Trump didn't release his tax returns, which bucked a decades-long trend among major party candidates. Last week a committee approved a bill that could lead to early in-person voting via a constitutional amendment. The proposal still has a long way to go as it requires either a 75% majority in both the State House and Senate or to pass by a majority two years in a row in both houses before appearing as a question on the ballot.

Three states have all-mail voting and nearly 40 have some form of early voting, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Connecticut voters can either vote in-person on Election Day or apply and mail-in absentee ballot. The rules regarding who qualifies for an absentee ballot are strict. The process currently requires an application which is sent to the local Town Clerk who then sends a ballot before an election, primary or referendum. That ballot then has to be filled out and either mailed back or dropped off in-person before the Election Day deadline.

A number of bills would increase Election Day voter registration across the state. Some big cities have run into issues with low staffing levels coupled with a mass of last-minute registrants over the past few election cycles. Some registrants waited in line for four hours to register in New Haven last election.

Under current law, voters must be registered by 8 p.m. Election Day in order to cast a ballot. Those stuck in registration line when the clock strikes eight can't vote. A bill proposed by Gov. Ned Lamont and approved by a committee would also allow those in line for Election-Day registration to vote after 8 p.m.

One bill would allow additional Election Day registration locations in towns and require that registrars of voters advise the Secretary of State office on the expected staffing levels. The bill passed unanimously out of committee.

Read on if you will?