From: Barking@The.Moon   
      
   "Napalm Heart"  wrote in message   
   news:vraeshroa2a05e@corp.supernews.com...   
   >   
   > "Critter"  wrote in message   
   > news:47Zsb.198684$e01.730781@attbi_s02...   
   > >     When I learned that Snap-On was a member of WMC, a lobby in   
   > Madison   
   > > which supports AB 353, my heart was truly saddened. To think that   
   > Snap-On   
   > > would support a bill that would close it's doors permanently to all   
   > felons   
   > > is discouraging and depressing to say the very least.   
   > >   
   > >     Snap-On tools are so widely used that it is very probably that   
   > %40 to   
   > > %60 of their customers are felons and ex-cons, or others who are   
   > closely   
   > > affected by prison through family ties etc. It is extremely   
   > discouraging to   
   > > think that Snap-On would close it's doors to all felons. It is my   
   > sincere   
   > > hope that this is not the case. Snap-On could benefit enormously   
   > from the   
   > > loyalty of felons who are truly grateful for a job.   
   > >   
   > >     It is already widely known that doors are slammed tightly shut   
   > when it   
   > > comes to employment of felons. It is nearly impossible for a felon   
   > to find a   
   > > job in Milwaukee, and yet there are many, many jobs available. What   
   > will   
   > > this do to our economy and the need for hand tools to have a huge   
   > class of   
   > > unemployed ghetto dwellers ?   
   > >   
   > >     I call upon Snap-On to recall the work ethic that Milwaukee is   
   > famous   
   > > for, to understand that the purpose of industry has always been   
   > greater than   
   > > simply makling money - but also educating people in that ethic and   
   > refining   
   > > the human spirit through work. I call upon Snap-On Corp to answer   
   > that   
   > > higher purpose and to keep their doors open to former felons who   
   > would   
   > > reform themselves.   
   > >   
   > >     Nobody has sued you for being denied employment due to a   
   > criminal   
   > > record, despite the FEA. No harm has come to you from this law, but   
   > how much   
   > > harm has come to the community from felons remaining unemployed ?   
   > >   
   >   
   > Critter,   
   >   
   > I'm a CO that is a sometime poster on this NG.  I have to say that I   
   > agree with the idea you are putting forward, that if ex-cons can't get   
   > decent jobs the odds of them breaking the law again is almost 100%.  I   
   > didn't think that it was good when my own Dept. ended hiring of   
   > ex-cons.  People should be evaluated as individuals rather than cover   
   > with a broad brush.   
   >   
   > Ken (MI)   
      
      
   Thanks for the good words Ken - I sometimes go off the deep end in my   
   continual quest for idiocy, but I'll try to keep it real for ya.   
      
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