People who know me well, know that I'm pretty blunt, and while I can be
very diplomatic when necessary, if I feel that something needs to be
said, I'm going to say it. Whether people get offended or not, is not
my problem, because I'm not saying it to be mean, pick on anyone, or
just yanking your chain. I'm telling you the truth as I see it. If I'm
yanking your chain, you'll know, because I'll be kidding around. Plus,
who doesn't love a practical prank?
Anyway... I just got done
reading in one of the newspapers, and it's weird... The hotel/motel
count has come in as being a 28% increase in being booked, much higher
than the 10% increase earlier in the year, to be the best summer for
business. So, the person in charge of taking the commerce count is
stating that people are working and comfortable in their positions, so
they feel safe to travel. Thing is, if these are travelers, these are
not Racine, WI residents who are traveling or camping. These are
visitors from elsewhere coming here, to visit. If these visitors go to
the chain type places to buy stuff, they are really not impacting our
economy very well. To stimulate the economy, they need to buy local as
much as possible.
I'm still missing key points on how our economy
is doing better. As you know, I am a home care aid, who visits people
in their homes anywhere from an hour to about three hours to help take
care of people in their own homes. It's not one of these things where
I'm spending most of the day or anything. I have a care plan. The care
plan lets me know about which personal cares I need to do, such as
bathing and/or getting dressed, meal prep, hair/oral hygiene care, or if
it's more along the line of house keeping. Because I'm in and out of
people's houses, it's not like I am at one spot where I clock in, work
my shift, and be done for the day. I'm doing this every 1-3 hours on
days that I work. Why is this relevant to the jobs situation? Okay,
here it is. I get to hear about the client's families, and half of my
clients have family, relatives or friends who are underemployed or
underemployed. With a friend of one of my clients who worked for the
client, is still in need of finding other employment. It's as if I'm
hearing more about who needs a job or a better position, as opposed to
who is doing okay. So, it's not just my friends and people I know, this
is going on all over the place.
I had written a note to my state
governor, explaining the fact that here I am, with a bad back that is
getting worse, is doing aide work, which has the highest rate of back
injury than mining or construction, and I've been doing this for about
11 years now. I've been trying to find a better position for about 7
years now, and with no avail. Certain jobs that require standing in one
place for hours, or those which require all day long of bending,
twisting, stooping, etc are also out - because of my back. Granted,
yes, in doing aide work, I could handle a hospital, because most units
are filled with those who are able to go through treatment, surgery,
etc... In cases where people are not as healthy and need more care, two
people are automatically sent in to help this one person, as opposed to
doing it all by yourself in home care, which happens 99.9% of the
time. There was a little bit more to the rant along the line of the
fact that I am not lazy, or I wouldn't be doing this line of work, and
to please not send me back a patronizing answer, because I am not
stupid, either. Well, guess what? I have not gotten an answer from
Governor Walker's office. At all. Bad idea. I am a voter. So is my
husband. I vote every election, and have been known to give free rides
out of my own free will to bring neighbors to the polls so they can
vote, too, especially if they are elderly and don't drive. It's mid
term elections, and the governor, who is running for office, refuses to
answer a constituent? Before you try to say, "But, you said not to
answer...."... Okay, I did not just say not to answer me. I told his
office NOT to answer me in a PATRONIZING manner, because I am not
stupid. People understand English, correct? Well, here are people who
want to say that immigrants should learn English, who doesn't understand
their own language. There is a difference between not responding, vs.
not responding in a patronizing way. Responding in a patronizing way
would be a way where they like to fill out the response with info that
is so general, it means nothing, and blah blah, where I've gotten a lot
of those that will tell me to go where ever, etc.... Okay, I already
went to the Workforce Development Center. They paid for my education to
become a Health Unit Coordinator. Tons of jobs have come up, and I
still can't land them... I have a worker there for my education as well
as another for my yes, welfare benefits. So no, I don't want some
privileged politician telling me to go check with my local jobs
center.... Um, Duh! I already came from there. So, obviously, the
governor and his staff are not capable of an intelligent response, or I
would have gotten one from there. Since they are only capable of
responding in a patronizing way, they chose they weren't going to answer
at all... How nice. BAD MOVE.
At least the couple of times
I've contacted Van Wangaard, he was willing to at least talk to me via
phone, if I could not make it up to Madison. John Lehman and Cory Mason
were both willing to meet me in person here, in Racine. Bob Turner
gave me a good recommendation to other state legislators stating I was a
good person to have on their side. Robin Vos is willing to at least
hear me out, and if other area legislators (as in, those whose districts
I belong in) want in, he's willing to work with them. Then there is
Thom Weatherston, who has continually blown off my emails. Every.
Single. Time. Bad mistake. I study politics, and follow as much as I
can, w/o insanity. I've come to be able to predict the outcome of the
election with 95% accuracy, and the candidates I back & campaign for
win, 90% of the time. In with the 10% that don't win, half of those
(5%) gave their opponents a run for their money. In election time, if
you're the candidate, I'm a good person to have. While I cannot run
your campaign for you, I can be the person to make the smaller changes
necessary, because I don't mind going to the undecided, independent,
swing voters, to try to get them on board.
Well, enough of a
rant... my good deed for the day is, I am going to post some of the
available jobs out here, so my friends in need of work might be able to
find something they can actually apply for. Even if you don't need a job, please share with someone you think may be able to apply for any of these.
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