tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6692924071480359819..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Austin passes Fair Chance Hiring ordinanceGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1387391763088440712016-03-29T14:01:03.407-05:002016-03-29T14:01:03.407-05:009:12 is correct. The opportunity for redemption s...9:12 is correct. The opportunity for redemption should be available to those who wish to work for it. In this nation we are a free people whom choose our own fate. If people choose to change and lead a more responsible life, they should be given the opportunity to choose that.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82130098264174667682016-03-27T19:17:47.121-05:002016-03-27T19:17:47.121-05:00At last some are willing to show mercy. We all hav...At last some are willing to show mercy. We all have a chapter in our lives we prefer not to disclose but to hold a person hostage for a lifetime, preventing them from moving forward is unforgivable. Those who oppose should imagine yourself in that position because no one is immune. Lets not be self righteous.<br /> Now is the time to look at some sensible legislation regarding registrants. Instead of putting everyone in the same pile, look at each case because some are the result of teenage poor decision making that is costing them a lifetime of shame and ridicule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53147048585887860542016-03-27T10:29:14.540-05:002016-03-27T10:29:14.540-05:00That's pretty funny 7:42...
Just a few years a...That's pretty funny 7:42...<br />Just a few years ago the federal government forced every man, woman and child in this country to hand money over to Citibank. This was Citi's reward for having carried out one of the greatest frauds the world had ever seen. At the same time we were handing Citi our cash Citi doubled down on interest rates breaking 100 years of state level usury laws. <br />No worries there, That's the Citi Advantage. We'll line up the F-16s to enforce wholesale graft and fraud if you got friends in high places. I suppose that's actually what Bill meant when he promised that we'd feel their pain.<br />Meanwhile,the Clintons are coming around on the guitar again...<br />Drink your witches brew and worry about the wait staff. By all means, that's where the problem lays..<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83169966729461450012016-03-27T05:36:29.522-05:002016-03-27T05:36:29.522-05:00@7:42, first, nobody said they have to hire people...@7:42, first, nobody said they have to hire people with convictions, they're just pushing back asking that question till the end of the process. Second, it's a catch-22, isn't it? If ex-offenders can't get jobs, the likelihood they commit more crimes skyrockets. You can't (reasonably) punish people for the rest of their lives.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61737724128431555032016-03-26T19:42:21.512-05:002016-03-26T19:42:21.512-05:00Have fun handing over your credit card to wait sta...Have fun handing over your credit card to wait staff with convictions for credit card abuse & identity theft. Real rocket scientists on that city council. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42051153587344958222016-03-26T09:12:51.302-05:002016-03-26T09:12:51.302-05:00I'd like to see a law saying if you've had...I'd like to see a law saying if you've had no convictions for 10 years, your record can be sealed, including for domestic violence cases. It's ridiculous that convictions 15 or more years ago can be held against people who have done nothing since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com