Last day of work was today...

[Frozen Sooner]

So for the first time in 12 years not only do I not have a job, I don't have a new one lined up.

Weird feeling.

I'll be somewhat incommunicado starting tomorrow afternoon until probably Thursday or Friday. By then I should be moved into the new place. I know that's heartbreaking. :D

Remember folks, you're not unemployed if you're not looking.

[JohnnyMack]

Have fun stormin' the castle!!!

[Soonerus]

I thought you were going to law school...

[Frozen Sooner]

I am. Law school is in Tuscaloosa. Which means that I had to quit my job. Which was in Anchorage.

[StoopTroup]

Just like Sarah Palin....nothing but quitters up there. :D ;)

Good Luck Froze.

[Frozen Sooner]

Yeah, the new rumor is that she's quitting marriage. Which is, you know, good news for a lot of people around here. :D

TOTAL rumor, though. Nothing substantiated.

[JohnnyMack]

Froze banged Sarah Palin! Caused a marriage to crumble! More news at 11.

[JLEW1818]

God bless

[MR2-Sooner86]

So Palin does have a little Sooner in her after all ;)

[AlbqSooner]

Good luck froze. Safe journey. Remember - once you have been admitted to law school it is just an endurance test from there.

[olevetonahill]

Good Luck my friend

[soonerboomer93]

[rlimc]oh look, another democrat livin off the gubment[/rliimc]


:D

[olevetonahill]

Good jorb :D

[The Remnant]

Good luck Frozen. My daughter is entering law school in New Orleans. She said the first year is going to be brutal.

[Okla-homey]

Remember, Gold Bond Powder applied liberally to your tender parts helps immensely in the Alabama heat and humidity in which God did not intend for people of European descent to dwell.

[Frozen Sooner]

Remember, Gold Bond Powder applied liberally to your tender parts helps immensely in the Alabama heat and humidity in which God did not intend for people of European descent to dwell.

Check.

[Okla-homey]

BTW, you picked a helluva time to move to Alabama. :eek:


Most populous Alabama county prepares for government shutdown

Aug 1, 1:28 AM (ET)

By JAY REEVES

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - As a government shutdown loomed, residents of Alabama's most populous county lined up Friday to renew their car registrations and settle their tax bills.

By Monday, at least a quarter of the county's 3,600 employees will be on unpaid leave and many county offices will be closed or cutting back hours.

The county, with 640,000 residents, has been on the brink of filing the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy for the past year due to a sewer bond fiasco that remains unresolved. Then things got worse: A judge ruled the county's occupational tax is illegal and courts refused to let the county spend the revenue from it while officials appeal.

Long lines formed at the Jefferson County courthouse and satellite offices Friday. Some anticipated the long waits and brought lawn chairs.

"This is disgraceful and it's only going to get worse," said retired attorney Robert Eubank, who got in line at 7:30 a.m. and waited more than two hours to renew a car tag.

At least 900 county workers will be furloughed beginning Monday, a number that could grow if the situation isn;t resolved.

The news isn't all bad: Two of the county's largest agencies - the sheriff's office and Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, each with more than 700 employees - will be spared. A judge blocked cuts to the sheriff's staff, and the nonprofit hospital has a separate source of funding.

But satellite courthouses, where residents can buy tags and licenses and pay taxes without having to go to the downtown site, are closing, and offices at the main courthouse downtown are trimming hours. A note taped on the door of the county tax collector's office said it was reducing hours and not opening until 10 a.m.

About 60 county workers and supporters staged a protest Thursday on the steps of the downtown courthouse, and one county employee was arrested for allegedly sending e-mails threatened to bomb the building.

Jefferson County legislators, who could not agree on a new tax during the regular session earlier this year, met Tuesday to try to reach a consensus. The old tax provided some $75 million annually, about one-third of the county's budget. A judge, however, ruled that the tax was repealed by a law passed in 1999.

Gov. Bob Riley, who refused to issue an emergency declaration sought by County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins, has promised to call a special session in August if the county's legislators can agree on a bill.

The budget crisis struck while county officials were wrestling with the prospect of filing what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history over some $3.9 billion in sewer bonds it can no longer afford to repay.

Lenders have granted extensions as payments come due and a federal court is reviewing sewer system operations. But just like with the tax problems, commissioners can't agree on a course of action.

Collins was attending a Republican National Committee meeting in San Diego and won't be back until next week, when two of her three aides are going on unpaid leave.

"It will just be me after today," said Donna Deloach, her assistant.

[Frozen Sooner]

Awesome. And I need to change over my driver license and registration as soon as I get there. Though I guess this doesn't affect Tuscaloosa county.

[olevetonahill]

So did ya sell everything and gonna Fly
Or are ya gonna do the drive down ?

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

The good news is that after Law School, if you can't get a job, you can sue the school yourself and save legal fees

[Okla-homey]

Awesome. And I need to change over my driver license and registration as soon as I get there. Though I guess this doesn't affect Tuscaloosa county.

I'm driving thru B'ham on Saturday morning enroute to Auburn to watch my baby walk across the state at her grajitation. I hope they do manage to keep the sewers operating in B'ham or it'll be kinda stinky.;)

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

It would just smell like Stoolwater ;)

[SoonerInFortSmith]

I'm driving thru B'ham on Saturday morning enroute to Auburn to watch my baby walk across the state at her grajitation. I hope they do manage to keep the sewers operating in B'ham or it'll be kinda stinky.;)

That will make for a helluva long ceremony won't it?:D

[Okla-homey]

That will make for a helluva long ceremony won't it?:D

stage.

[1890MilesToNorman]

I am. Law school is in Tuscaloosa. Which means that I had to quit my job. Which was in Anchorage.

Ya changing yer screen name to Sweating Sooner? That's a big change in climate and good luck in Law School.

[Okla-homey]

Awesome. And I need to change over my driver license and registration as soon as I get there. Though I guess this doesn't affect Tuscaloosa county.

Here's the scoop from a gal I know in Tuscaloosey. She emailed his to me based on my query as to WTF.


Hee hee.

This one's a real beauty.

Indictments for anyone and everyone. If one has touched a bond issue in the last decade, might as well pack the satchel and a stock of soap on a rope, cause you're Goin.

Sewer bond issues with floating rates. Impounded occupational taxes that are unconstitutional and require a special session of the Legislature to fix (remember, we have NO home rule here, everything is controlled by the Big Mules In Montgomery, right down to the salaries of the county officers)

I think you were still here when Larry Langford built Visionland over on the west side of the city to save the economy there, complete with creepy bronze statue of him holding hands with little children and overlooking his vast soon-to-fail waterpark. Now that he's Mayor of Bham, his days on the county commission are coming back to haunt him, as Al LaPierre has rolled over and begged for the Federal Prosecutor, handing Langford over for 57 counts related to kickbacks on the sewer system bonds. And that's just one guy.

Tonights news is the county will only take cash at the window for tag renewals and such beginning tomorrow. No checks, no credit cards. Oh, and expect a 3-5 hour wait. In Downtown Birmingham.

We're hoping for complete and utter breakdown of the system. Mama-in-law lives in Roebuck and its been time to go for a long time. Her equity is gone anyway, cause, well, its Roebuck, so no matter how nice the house is, its still ice cream on a turd. She's got enough cash to move to a nice little garden home down in Shelby county near the other son and do alright.

[Frozen Sooner]

Yikes. Oh well, I have cash. :)