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Subject: PAR 10


Author:
Todd L
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Date Posted: 20:14:31 09/04/09 Fri
Why have we not gone to the Boston Fire Dept. and asked them how they defeated the PAR 10 (special-Hiring)list 15-20 years ago?

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Subject: doc


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flabbergasted
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Date Posted: 14:49:03 11/20/09 Fri
Poor Justin, are you going to annonce your losing your job like you did in'02?

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Subject: Hey Ed Ahearn what up with our Union's money books.


Author:
WTF
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Date Posted: 14:00:09 10/06/09 Tue
No one is over seeing our Unions funds! It's a fact that the committee voted in to over see the Union spending has never met, ever! What about the PAC funds where is that money?
They want us to hold the line behind the Union's leadership but they are hiding what? There has been millions given to the Union where is it?

Here's a repost of what can happen without oversight.


BY MARYANN SPOTO
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)



A 23-year veteran of the Hazlet Police Department and treasurer of the local PBA admitted yesterday to stealing more than $16,000 from the union.

Daniel Lynch, 42, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, pleaded guilty to one count of theft by deception in connection with a seven-year span of raiding his union's funds, said First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter Warshaw Jr.

Lynch, a corporal, retired from the police department on Thursday, entitling him to collect his pension pending a review of his case by the state Division of Pensions and Benefits.

As a condition of the plea, he has agreed to pay full restitution of $16,041 to PBA Local 189 and will be barred from holding public office in the future, Warshaw said.

Lynch told Superior Court Judge Ronald Reisner in Freehold he used a Visa credit card issued to the PBA between September 2002 and last February to buy personal items, including purchases at home improvement stores, Warshaw said.

Lynch pleaded guilty to an accusation, which keeps the case from going to a grand jury.

Warshaw said Lynch applied for acceptance into the pre-trial intervention program. If his request is approved and he completes the one-year program successfully, there would be no sentencing. If he is not accepted or he does not adhere to the rules of the program, he could face up to five years in prison.

The theft came to light after the PBA local audited its finances and reported its findings to the police chief, who then referred the matter to the prosecutor's office, Warshaw said.

Lynch's attorney, Michael Pappa, could not be reached for comment.

MaryAnn Spoto may be reached at mspoto@starledger. com.

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Subject: Could save $ 10 to $ 15 million a year


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Save jobs I hope
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Date Posted: 09:17:12 11/18/09 Wed
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING


Senate to take up crime records
Change may help ex-inmates in job search
By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | November 18, 2009

The state Senate plans to vote today on wide-ranging criminal justice legislation that would make it easier for inmates to get jobs after their release from prison, a change that Deval Patrick promoted during his campaign for governor.

The 30-page bill - which loosens the state’s criminal offender record information system, or CORI - has been pushed by advocates, who argue that former prisoners are often unable to get work because potential employers check their records and refuse to hire them.

The legislation would limit employers’ access to the criminal record of potential employees. A separate provision would let nonviolent drug offenders apply for parole before serving the minimum amount of time required for the crime under stringent drug laws. Currently, those inmates cannot apply for parole until after they have reached that threshold.

Inmates released from prison would also be subject to postrelease supervision for up to two years, if they are not already on parole or probation.

State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem, who championed the provision to let prison inmates apply for parole after completing part of their sentence, said the entire bill would help offenders adust to life on the streets, land jobs, and stay out of trouble.

“The buzzword now is being smart on crime,’’ said Creem, a Newton Democrat and Senate chairwoman of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, who cited a financial benefit, as well.

She said that making nonviolent drug offenders eligible for early release would save the Commonwealth $10 million to $15 million a year.

If the bill passes the Senate, it could be taken up by the House later today, according to Representative Eugene L. O’Flaherty, House chairman of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.

“From a general point of view, I am not averse to reforming CORI,’’ said O’Flaherty, a Chelsea Democrat. “As a matter of fact, the draft I’ve seen I would probably agree with wholeheartedly.’’

Patrick is encouraged by the bill’s progress in the Senate, said Kyle Sullivan, a spokesman for the governor, but will not commit to signing any legislation until he sees it.

“The last two years has offered a tremendous opportunity for an exchange of ideas on what the best ways are to increase both employment opportunities and the public’s safety,’’ Sullivan said.

The bill appears to have the support of several organizations that lobby lawmakers on behalf of current and former prisoners as well as Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a group that lobbies on behalf of employers. Top prosecutors have endorsed it as well, including Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

The centerpiece of the bill is the changes it would make to the state’s CORI laws. For years, people convicted of crimes have complained that it is hard, if not impossible, to land jobs after prison because employers check their criminal records in the system and refuse to hire them.

The measure would address that in part by shortening the waiting period for sealing records of convictions from 15 to 10 years for felonies and from 10 to five for misdemeanors.

It would also prohibit employers from asking about arrests or convictions on preliminary job applications. The legislation carves out an exception for firms that are legally barred from hiring criminal offenders for certain sensitive positions, such as those in the financial industry and security field.

Horace Small, executive director of the Union of Minority Neighborhoods and a proponent of CORI reform, said he would prefer sealing records after seven years for felony convictions and three years for misdemeanor convictions; studies have shown that former inmates who stay clean that long are unlikely to commit new crimes, he said.

But he said he would still be delighted if the Senate passes the bill as it stands. Nearly five years ago, he said, the Senate passed another CORI reform measure, and advocates were devastated when the measure died in the House.

“I like the bill; it’s a step forward,’’ Small said of the new legislation. “Sealing criminal records is very important for people to get a second chance.’’

The legislation would also please critics of mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. Although the bill would not do away with such sentences, it would let convicted offenders apply for parole after completing two-thirds of minimum prison sentences and half of jail sentences.

About 2,500 convicted drug offenders in the state are serving mandatory minimum sentences under Draconian drug laws that date back to the 1980s, said Barbara J. Dougan, Massachusetts project director for Families Against Mandatory Minimums. More than half are effectively barred from applying for parole because their mandatory minimum sentence is only one day less than their full sentence.

“We’ve got too many people serving long prison sentences who don’t need to be there,’’ Dougan said. “And the taxpayers are footing an enormous bill for this.’’

Advocates for sentencing changes are worried, however, because some lawmakers support making laws more stringent. Representative Bradford R. Hill, Republican of Ipswich, has sponsored a “three strikes and you’re out’’ bill that would eliminate parole for habitual offenders, and a Senate aide said a similar bill could be proposed from the floor in that chamber today.

Dougan said such a measure would undermine the Senate bill and would be “totally contrary to the national trend to not pack our prisons full of people who should not be there.’’



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