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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1527)	9/22/2006 12:05:33 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

As bureaucracies tend to do, this event comes partly under getting caught up in the machinery with no real human consideration behind the wheel. So the breakdown in the machinery is due to human operator error, IMO. They had made the law during the violence last year that erupted when youth gangs were displaying Mexican Flags to provoke violence. The teacher was amazed at the lack of sensibility by the admin. The displays in his classroom could in no way be put in that context so he refused to comply with orders to take them down. ... he gets a big fat boot out of his job by the admin, and a li'l pat on the back by me for his noble stand, FWIW.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1527)	9/23/2006 2:54:23 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

Man Sentenced in Urine-in-Coffee Case AP AKRON, Ohio (Sept. 19) - A former postal worker who poured urine into his co-workers' coffee must serve six months in a jail work-release program. Thomas Shaheen, 50, of suburban Springfield Township, also must pay $1,200 to the people he used to work with to cover their cost of making a secret video of his role in tainting the office coffee. Shaheen stood and apologized to several postal workers in Akron Municipal Court where he pleaded guilty on Monday to two misdemeanor charges of tainting food. "I don't know what became of me," said Shaheen, a postal employee for 13 years fired from his job at a post office vehicle maintenance facility in Akron. "I hope you find it in your hearts someday to forgive me." The tainting occurred over several months. When workers realized what was going on, they told supervisors and an investigation began. When nothing came of the probe, workers had a video camera installed in the room where staffers made coffee. Shaheen was videotaped on two occasions in July 2005 pouring urine into a coffee pot in a break room. He didn't offer a motive, but his lawyer, Paul Adamson, said Shaheen had been frustrated about his work. "We can't believe Thomas would even stoop to this level for his own personal revenge," said Jene Jackson, who worked with Shaheen. "He would sit in the same room with people and watch them drink his sick little brew and think nothing of it."