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Date sent: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:25:46 -0500 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: thanks, but ..... To: [log in to unmask] > What I have asked the City for , many times,is what I am wondering about. > COuld the City of Portland "hire" me to work for its health department , > its social services department, or its school department, in EXCHANGE for > my property tax? > This has been suggested as a way for the City of San Francisco to help the many homeless who crowd our streets, but it doesn't work because the *unions* won't allow it. If the City can get people to work for them at "less than the union rate", the unions will suffer, so they have blocked this sort of thing (actually in the courts). Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************